Challenging Lateral Thinking Puzzles

by Paul Sloane, Des MacHale, Myron Miller (Illustrations)

Lateral thinking is the key to solving these tantalizing puzzles. Packed with hundreds of brain teasers and mathematical problems, the book will test kids' powers of logic, and patience! "The logic, reasoning, and calculating required by the problems...will delight and torment puzzle fans."-- Booklist . "Ninety-one how come' mysteries....We never get enough of these."-- Games .

Genres: Puzzles, Reference, Nonfiction, Logic

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 1993

About the author

Paul Sloane read Engineering at Trinity Hall Cambridge. He came top of Sales School at IBM, became MD of Ashton-Tate UK, VP International for MathSoft and CEO of Monactive. He now writes, speaks and gives workshops on lateral thinking in business, creativity, innovation and leadership. He is married and lives in Camberley in Surrey. He has three grown-up daughters. He is a keen chess and tennis player and he plays keyboards in a rock band, the Fat Cats. He has written a series of lateral thinking puzzle books, many co-authored with Des MacHale, published by Sterling Publishing. They have sold over 2 million copies and been translated into many languages. He has also written two management books, published by Kogan Page, and many articles for blogs and websites. He manages the Lateral Puzzles Forum where puzzlers can set and solve lateral puzzles.

Reviews

[Sambasivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Relatively simpler ones. Still a good refresher. If you are seeing these types for the first time, it would be most intriguing.

[James Buccini · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good puzzles that are great for discussion over dinner with grandchildren. They will surprise you with the speed at which their supple young brains operate when solving the easy puzzles. As they get more difficult, their thinking gets more interesting!

[Kelly Is Brighid · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grand fun and belly laughs.