Sensational Shape Problems & Other Puzzles (Ivan Moscovich's MasterMind Collections) - Softcover

Moscovich, Ivan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402723474 ISBN 13: 9781402723476

Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY), 2005

Synopsis

Avid puzzle mavens will spend hours slicing and dicing these wildly-hued brainbusters. That's because so many of the problems deal with dissecting geometric shapes--polygons, hexagons, squares, even a chessboard--into congruent parts or figuring out how the split parts would fit back together again. For example, to complete "Exploding Star," solvers have to copy the star in the book, cut it carefully into 12 colored pieces, and then rearrange them into four identical replicas of the big star. But this tough but fascinating collection has lots more to offer: there are tangram paradoxes that offer a new spin on the ancient Chinese game, mathematical conundrums dealing with weight and gravity, Egyptian rope puzzles, and host of other complex challenges.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1402723474
• ISBN 13: 9781402723476
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128