Einstein's Riddle

MENTAL MUSCLES: Einstein's Riddle will keep your brain in shape by solving puzzles, understanding paradoxes, and practicing new ways of thinking. POPULAR PUZZLES: From the success of the New York Times crossword puzzles to immensely popular sudoku books, it's clear that there's a huge demand for challenging, mind-bending tests. GREAT PACKAGE: Unlike many puzzle books, Einstein's Riddle includes funny images and photographs to help illustrate the 50 riddles and make the book an appealing gift.

A unique compilation of logical teasers and lateral-thinking problems designed to stretch your brainpower and strengthen your mind.Riddles, paradoxes, and conundrums have been confusing and confounding people since at least the time of the Ancient Greeks. The eponymous riddle, according to legend, was devised by Albert Einstein as a child. He claimed that only about 2% of the population would be able to work out the correct answer. There are no tricks and there is only one answer. It requires the cool application of logic to solve. And a lot of patience. Einstein's Riddle features fifty of the toughest logic problems, lateral thinking puzzles, and tests of mental agility. By turns entertaining and infuriating, the puzzles challenge our preconceptions, tell us about how we reason, and provide a rigorous intellectual workout.