The BigBook of BrainGames 1,000 PlaYThinks of ArtMathematics & Science

by Ian Stewart

An obsessive collection of 1,000 challenges, puzzles, riddles, and illusions--originals as well as must-do classics. It's like popcorn for the brain with jam-packed pages and a full-color illustration for each entry, this book is a call to action. Twelve basic catagories including Geometry, Patterns, Numbers, Logic and Probability, and Perception. An easy-to-read key at the top of each game ranks its difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10, while indices in the back crossreference the puzzles. The answers are included too. 432 pages. 9 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches.

Genres: Games, Reference, Puzzles, Trivia, Art, Nonfiction, Mathematics

Paperback

First published July 30, 2006

About the author

Ian Nicholas Stewart is an Emeritus Professor and Digital Media Fellow in the Mathematics Department at Warwick University, with special responsibility for public awareness of mathematics and science. He is best known for his popular science writing on mathematical themes.
--from the author's website

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Reviews

[Mahmoud Aghiorly · Rating 1 out of 5]

Many of those questions had nothing to do with the brain.

[Abhijeet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

[Vi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like it and I want to read this book

[Devendra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice

[Jaycee Lam · Rating 2 out of 5]

A nice big and full color quizzes book, indeed. Vietnamese edition is both good in the edition and translation part. But most of the book are quizzes about math and very few ones about art or science. And unfortunately, I hate math.

[Lthmath · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book full of awesome puzzles and games.

[Andreea]

reading

[Kiet]

Greate book a bout logic