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The Riddle of Scheherazade: And Other Amazing Puzzles, Ancient & Modern
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publication date
November 1, 1998
Pages
240
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780156006064
ISBN-10
0156006065
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A perplexing and delightfully mischievous collection of more than two hundred mindbending puzzles demystifies the Scheherazade and the Arabian Nights enigmas and includes logic tricks, number games, true/false paradoxes, a foray into the world of 'coercive logic,' and much more. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (June 1, 1997)
9780679446347 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.75 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $22.50
About: Once again in trouble with the king and in danger of losing her head, clever Scheherazade teases the king with a selection of 225 devious mathematical and logic puzzles, including Godelian brain twisters, paradoxes, metapuzzles, logic tricks, number games, and more.
About: Once again in trouble with the king and in danger of losing her head, clever Scheherazade teases the king with a selection of 225 devious mathematical and logic puzzles, including Godelian brain twisters, paradoxes, metapuzzles, logic tricks, number games, and more.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Mariner Books (November 1, 1998)
9780156006064 | details & prices | 240 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $14.95
About: A collection of more than two hundred mindbending puzzles demystifies Scheherazade and the Arabian Nights enigmas and includes logic tricks, number games, true/false paradoxes, and logic puzzles
About: A collection of more than two hundred mindbending puzzles demystifies Scheherazade and the Arabian Nights enigmas and includes logic tricks, number games, true/false paradoxes, and logic puzzles
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