A Brief History of Puzzles: Baffling Brainteasers from the Sphinx to Sudoku 9781786494283

From ancient riddles to modern Sudoku, people have been fascinated by puzzles. Whether they are seen as a glorious waste

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Table of contents :
Acknowledgements

0    Primeval Puzzle Prelude
1    Medieval Maths, Mysteries and Merriment
2    Parisian Perplexities, Problems and Posers
3    The Great Victorian Puzzlers
4    Puzzles Worthy of the Name
5    More Word Puzzles
6    The Logic of Hats
7    The Most Baffling Logic of All
8    Weights, Measures, Speed
9    Psychological Puzzles
10  Miscellaneous and Mysterious
The Prize Puzzle

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