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Most popular Russian puzzle book published. Marvelously varied puzzles ranging simple “catch” riddles difficult problems. Lavishly illustrated diagrams amusing sketches. Edited English-readers, we retaining warmth charm original. Inexpensive edition English translation. Introduction Martin Gardner. 425 line illustrations. Solutions.
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This book may be challenging for infants, but for my intelligence, i found the game boring.
Rating: 2 / 5
I teach my sons using this book (6,8 grades).
Rating: 5 / 5
despite of difficulty, I love it because there are various good problems
Thanks you
Rating: 5 / 5
In Soviet Russia, the puzzles are also converted into practical problems involving steel working, railways and Young Pioneers (well, not all). But as with many older books (and also Soviet books), what they gain in a certain charm or obscurity, they lose in clarity or straightforwardness of presentation. So that you could make many problems at least 10-30% easier to decipher just be rewriting the descriptions.
I haven’t read that many puzzle books yet, but this is probably my second favorite so far. My favorite is: Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities.
Rating: 4 / 5
I bought this book while working as a gifted children teacher. I liked it so much that I used to keep it in my car and solve riddles whenever I had to wait for someone. It is a great resource for all teachers; children are suddenly made quiet when you present a puzzle to them.
I especially like the stick puzzles, where you can distribute a number of matches to students (by the way, it works with kids, teenagers and adults alike) and give them a puzzle. The advantage of this kind of puzzle is that you can give additional tasks to those fast-solvers; you do not have a story behind it.
The organization of the book is excellent; it is divided by difficulty levels as well as by type of puzzle. For example, you have different levels of geometry problems and of sticks problems.
Great book!
Rating: 5 / 5