Puzzle Me Twice: 70 Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong
Puzzle Me Twice: 70 Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong
Puzzle Me Twice: 70 Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong
Description
Description
From mathy mind-benders to eye-fooling illusions, here are 70 perplexing puzzles of every kind. But they all have one key thing in common--a wrong answer that seems so right! In Puzzle Me Twice, you'll have to think--and think again--to overrule your first instinct and uncover the truth. For example:
If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs do half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?*
Bestselling author Alex Bellos wrangles math and physics, logic and wordplay, optical illusions, card games, and more to tie readers' brains in pleasurable knots. It's a merry tour of the many ways our reasoning can go wrong--and how we can be more fool-proof in the future. Puzzle on!
*Four times as many hens, over four times as many days, lay 16 times as many eggs: 1.5 × 16 = 24 eggs.
If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs do half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?*
Bestselling author Alex Bellos wrangles math and physics, logic and wordplay, optical illusions, card games, and more to tie readers' brains in pleasurable knots. It's a merry tour of the many ways our reasoning can go wrong--and how we can be more fool-proof in the future. Puzzle on!
*Four times as many hens, over four times as many days, lay 16 times as many eggs: 1.5 × 16 = 24 eggs.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
A brilliant collection of puzzles. Never has getting the answer wrong felt so good!--G. T. Karber, author of Murdle
Think of the best storyteller you know and the coolest teacher you ever had, and now you've got some idea of what Alex Bellos is like.--Steven Strogatz, author of The Joy of x
Praise for Alex Bellos
"I'm a sucker for Alex Bellos's books--they're just such fun.--Tim Harford, author of The Data Detective This delightful collection of paradoxes teaches us that our instincts aren't always correct. The answers are often counterintuitive, but the explanations are satisfying and enlightening. . . . great fun.-- "Games World of Puzzles"
"I'm a sucker for Alex Bellos's books--they're just such fun.--Tim Harford, author of The Data Detective This delightful collection of paradoxes teaches us that our instincts aren't always correct. The answers are often counterintuitive, but the explanations are satisfying and enlightening. . . . great fun.-- "Games World of Puzzles"
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Experiment
Pub date:
2024-10-15
Length:
224 pages
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