Brainstrains: Eye-Popping Puzzles
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Book Overview
These challenging and brilliantly colorful puzzles will work out the brain and amaze the eye. Many of the pictures have a trick to fool the puzzler, from vivid optical illusions to 3-D effects that dazzle. Other problems feature a mathematical component-but even before doing the arithmetic, you've got to figure out the logic behind the question. So it's important to look hard and pay close attention. Five bright soccer balls look almost the same. Which ball isn't like the others? A group of bike racers ride across the page in an astounding array. But wait: one of the riders is wearing the wrong number. Hint: the colors of the shirts are the key to the answer.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1402709900
ISBN13:9781402709906
Release Date:April 2004
Publisher:Puzzlewright
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Dimensions:10.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"
Age Range:12 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 7 and higher
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2 ratings
A dumbbell for your mental muscle
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
The puzzles in this collection are very hard, it took me a great deal of time to think my way through some of them and many of them I just did not get. Of course, like all good puzzles, the solution was understandable once I looked at it. Each of the puzzles is visual, demonstrated in a diagram with excellent coloration. Many involve the computation of missing numbers, some are pattern (mis)matching and others involve following a maze. While the puzzles are always challenging and frequently frustrating, they are enjoyable. Many studies have proven that the brain is just like a bicep, the more you flex it the stronger and more functional it becomes. In that context, the puzzles in this book are like a dumbbell, although sometimes they will make you feel like one.
Puzzles that look easy but are often quite difficult
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is a terrific book. If you take your time - perhaps a lot of time - you can figure out these puzzles. There is a logic behind them. On the other hand, it can be frustrating! But it is definitely worth it!
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