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The Riddle of Scheherazade: And Other Amazing Puzzles, Ancient & Modern
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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
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