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Welcome, brave math wizard, to the world of area mazes. These clever grids of squares and rectangles are more than meets the eye. Can you find the missing value—using only your powers to add, subtract, multiply, and divide? Just remember: … Continue reading →

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Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world’s best brainteasers from the last two millennia. Armed with logic alone, you’ll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then—with just a dash … Continue reading →

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These may not look like math questions, but they are—because they all have to do with patterns. And mathematics, at heart, is the study of patterns. That realization changed Eddie Woo’s life—by turning the “dry” subject he dreaded in high … Continue reading →

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Books on Shakespeare are plentiful, but until now there has never been a book written for a general audience about math and science in Shakespeare’s time and how they influenced his works. Shakespeare grew up in a time of remarkable … Continue reading →

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In Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers, Alex Bellos collects 125 of the world’s greatest stumpers—many dangerous to your person, and all dangerous to your pride. Brace yourself to wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry, and scramble for survival. For example … Continue reading →

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From Alex Bellos—puzzle-setter to the Guardian—here are 70 irresistible challenges that have stumped the sharpest minds he knows, even when warned! For example, how many mistakes are there in the following sentence? This sentence is kurious because it it only … Continue reading →

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Introducing a new puzzle obsession for sodoku lovers . . . amazing, absorbing area mazes. First invented for gifted students, area mazes blend grade-school math with genius logic. Put down that calculator! You can always find “?” using simple, whole … Continue reading →

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Whether you’re a crossword solver, cryptogram fan, Scrabble addict, or Sudoku savant, The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book is guaranteed to tease your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Alex Bellos begins in Japan, where we can observe some curious … Continue reading →

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Once you match wits with area mazes, you’ll be hooked! Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value. Just Remember: Area = length × width Use spatial reasoning to find helpful relationships Whole numbers … Continue reading →

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Hooked on area mazes? YOU’RE IN LUCK! Volume Two delivers 100 more puzzles. Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value. Just remember: Area = length × width Use spatial reasoning to find helpful … Continue reading →

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Discover how fractions, shapes, and symmetry turn a flat sheet of paper into a 3D work of art! Each one of the 35 amazing projects in There’s Math in My Origami! invites kids to: Follow the simple, step-by-step instructions Flex their math … Continue reading →