100 Fun Puzzles for Training Logical Thinking: Gardner's Fun Math Series

Author: (French) Pierre Belokan, translated by Ye Yansheng
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Pierre Belokan, a clever young Frenchman, was born in Tours in 1939 and graduated from the école Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris in 1962. His education as an operations researcher gave him a strong background in mathematics and logical thinking. Belokan has published works such as Various Games (board games), Tarot Card Games, Test Your Intelligence, 100 Card Solitaire, and A Recollection of évariste Galois's Childhood. This book is one of four paperbacks of brain-teasing puzzles that he translated himself into English. These four books, published in Paris in 1973, became wildly popular in France and Italy. This book focuses solely on logic puzzles, while the other three include numerical, geometric, and letter-based problems. The illustrator, Denis Dugas, is an old friend of the author... Pierre Belokan, who compiled these stimulating and entertaining puzzles, is a clever young Frenchman. This book is one of four brain-teasing puzzle collections he translated himself into English, which became wildly popular in France and Italy after their publication in Paris in 1973. This book only involves logic puzzles. The puzzles are carefully selected or meticulously designed (many are original creations by the author or the illustrator), ensuring that none are too difficult for ordinary readers who are not mathematicians, yet none are too easy. The problems are clearly and concisely stated, with accurate answers provided at the end. Whether you solve them or not, the process will be full of fun. Pierre Belokan, who compiled these stimulating and entertaining puzzles, is a clever young Frenchman. This book is one of four brain-teasing puzzle collections he translated himself into English, which became wildly popular in France and Italy after their publication in Paris in 1973. This book only involves logic puzzles. The puzzles are carefully selected or meticulously designed (many are original creations by the author or the illustrator), ensuring that none are too difficult for ordinary readers who are not mathematicians, yet none are too easy. The problems are clearly and concisely stated, with accurate answers provided at the end. Whether you solve them or not, the process will be full of fun.