{"product_id":"can-you-solve-my-problems-ingenious-perplexing-and-totally-satisfying-math-and-logic-puzzles-9781615193882","title":"Can You Solve My Problems?: Ingenious, Perplexing, and Totally Satisfying Math and Logic Puzzles","description":"Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Armed with logic alone, you'll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then--with just a dash of high school math--you'll tie a rope around the Earth, match wits with a cryptic wizard, and use four 4s to create every number from 1 to 50. (It \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e be done!)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The ultimate casebook for daring puzzlers, \u003ci\u003eCan You Solve My Problems?\u003c\/i\u003e also tells the story of the puzzle--from ancient China to Victorian England to modern-day Japan. Grab your pencil and get puzzling!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBellos, Alex:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAlex Bellos \u003c\/b\u003eholds a degree in mathematics and philosophy from Oxford University. His bestselling books, \u003ci\u003eHere's Looking at Euclid \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Grapes of Math, \u003c\/i\u003e have been translated into more than 20 languages and were both shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book prize. His puzzle books include \u003ci\u003eCan You Solve My Problems?, Puzzle Ninja, Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Language Lover's Puzzle Book. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the coauthor of the mathematical coloring books\u003ci\u003e Patterns of the Universe \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Visions of the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e. He has launched an elliptical pool table, LOOP. He writes a puzzle blog for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, \u003c\/i\u003e and he won the Association of British Science Writers award for best science blog in 2016. He lives in London.","brand":"Experiment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50704961503506,"sku":"9781615193882","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_024501fc-7328-413a-9b87-9764942b87a8.jpg?v=1734484028","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/can-you-solve-my-problems-ingenious-perplexing-and-totally-satisfying-math-and-logic-puzzles-9781615193882","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}