{"product_id":"perilous-problems-for-puzzle-lovers-math-logic-word-puzzles-to-challenge-your-brain-9781615197187","title":"Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers: Math, Logic \u0026 Word Puzzles to Challenge Your Brain","description":"Publisher's Note: \u003ci\u003ePerilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e was previously published in the UK under the title \u003ci\u003eSo You Think You've Got Problems?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePerilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers, \u003c\/i\u003e Alex Bellos collects 125 of the world's greatest stumpers--many dangerous to your person, and \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e dangerous to your pride. Brace yourself to wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry, and scramble for survival. For example . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTen lions and a sheep are in a pen. Any lion who eats the sheep will fall asleep. A sleeping lion will be eaten by another lion, who falls asleep in turn. If the lions are all perfect logicians, what happens?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bellos pairs his fiendish brainteasers with fascinating history, so you'll meet Alcuin, Sam Loyd, and other puzzle masters of yore--in between deranged despots and wily jailers with an unaccountable taste for riddles. Will \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e make it out alive? \u003ci\u003eAnd what about the sheep?\u003c\/i\u003e\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":50629324734738,"sku":"9781615197187","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3870ac89-8ba1-4ee4-827e-ed37d07ad2e2.jpg?v=1732727569","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/perilous-problems-for-puzzle-lovers-math-logic-word-puzzles-to-challenge-your-brain-9781615197187","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}