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Stimulating and delightful, this collection of puzzles features original and classic brainteasers. The author, a puzzle columnist forLe Monde, specially selected these mind-benders for the widest possible audience, ensuring that they're neither too hard for those without a math background nor too easy for the mathematically adept. Includes solutions.
This entertaining successor to the bestselling Self-Scoring IQ Tests features 300 quizzes from one of the world's most-renowned creators of mind-bending brainteasters. Pierre Berloquin organizes his mini puzzles into series, with each group testing a particular mental process. He then presents five tests that cover everything from letter logic and pattern recognition to graphic combinations. Fun illustrations accompany the challenging conundrums.
... Sherlock Holmes and ..John Watson have fascinated readers for well over a century and continue to be two of the most popular detective characters of all time. Who, then, could be better companions ... in this three-part puzzle adventure? With over 144 different puzzles, including cryptograms, crosswords, ciphers, and many more, inspried by six classic Sherlock Holmes short stories, modern puzzle-solvers and Sherlock fans serch for hidden clues, navigate around different countrysides, and, most importantly, exercise their sharp intellect and keen perception skills ... to solve each chapter's adventure. -- Cover, page [4]
Part of the brain-boosting Sherlock Puzzle Holmes series, Visual Puzzles presents 100+ challenging picture puzzles.
Part of the brain-boosting Sherlock Holmes Puzzle series, Lateral Brain Teasers presents 100+ challenging logic puzzles.
An exploration of how codes—both cipher and aesthetic—have come to exist in history from Pythagoras through the Knights Templar to Turing and more. Did the Masons encode messages in walls—and even in the street plan of Washington, D.C.? Does the Hebrew Bible conceal hidden mysteries? Ingenious methods for encoding secrets have taken many amazing turns through the ages, from the military signals the Romans flashed from hilltop to hilltop, to the computer codes that guard your cash at the ATM. Pierre Berloquin, one of France’s leading puzzle book authors, takes you on a tour of them all in a book full of astonishing historical insights. With more than 150 brain-teasing problems for readers to solve for themselves, this is a journey beyond the gee-whiz and deep into the how-to of codes, ciphers, and other secret communication systems.
Solve over 144 puzzles, navigate around maps of London and the English countryside, search for hidden clues, and—most importantly—exercise your sharp intellect and keen perception skills, just as Sherlock Holmes would. Hours of fun and entertainment await you inside! First appearing in 1887, Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend and biographer, Dr. John Watson, continue to be two of the most popular detective characters of all time. Who, then, could be better companions to accompany you on this three-challenge puzzle adventure, inspired by these six classic Sherlock Holmes short stories? The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge The Adventure of the Second Stai...
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Boost your brain power and detox from the digital deluge with over 100 classic cryptogram puzzles inspired by the master of all complex problems, Sherlock Holmes! For each puzzle, find the cipher to correctly decode and read the encrypted text. Each book in the Sherlock Puzzle series presents 100+ challenging cross-fitness brain exercises in popular brain game formats inspired by the great detective puzzles of literature's most famous detective to get your digital detox started and your mind in shape. The games are not only entertaining, but also: Educate Improve IQ Improve cognitive ability Improve concentration Improve problem-solving skills
Copyrighted 1973 by Librairie Generale Francaise, 1973.