A Brief History of Puzzles
120 of the World's Most Baffling Brainteasers from the Sphinx to Sudoku
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Atlantic Books
Published:7th Nov '19
Should be back in stock very soon
From ancient riddles to modern Sudoku, people have been fascinated by puzzles. Whether they are seen as a glorious waste of time, a harmless way to spend a train journey or a valuable way of exercising the mind, the lure of puzzles has been irresistible.
By using over a hundred examples of the most mindbending, the most challenging, the most satisfying, or simply the most humorous of puzzles throughout the ages, William Hartston traces the development of brainteasers of all varieties and the increasing ingenuity of puzzle setters from ancient civilisations to modern puzzle crazes.
If you love quizzes, A Brief History of Puzzles by William Hartston will let you know whom to thank. Competently charting the development of riddles, crosswords and logic problems, from the Sphinx to sudoku, it offers examples to illustrate each great leap forward in the history of brain-teasing. * Literary Review *
ISBN: 9781786494269
Dimensions: 206mm x 134mm x 19mm
Weight: 265g
160 pages
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