Review

“An opus…Mixing math with wonder.”—Washington Post Book World (The Washington Post )An opusMixing math with wonder.Washington Post Book World (The Washington Post )

In this area the original 1000 PlayThinks,Will Shortz of The New York Times said it best: “The most wide-ranging, visually appealing, entertaining, gigantic collection of brainteasers since Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of Puzzles almost a century ago.” Inside The Huge Book of Brain Games, you will find an obsessive collection of 1,000 challenges, puzzles, riddles, illusions—originals as well as must-do classics—it’s like salted peanuts for the brain. With jampacked pages and a full-color illustration for each entry, the book, opened anywhere, is a call to action. (And it’s guaranteed to make you smarter.) Twelve vital categories include Geometry, Patterns, Numbers, Logic and Probability, and Perception. An simple-to-read key at the top of each game ranks its difficulty on (more…)

Review

“An opus…Mixing math with wonder.”—Washington Post Book World (The Washington Post )An opusMixing math with wonder.Washington Post Book World (The Washington Post )

In this area the original 1000 PlayThinks,Will Shortz of The New York Times said it best: “The most wide-ranging, visually appealing, entertaining, gigantic collection of brainteasers since Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of Puzzles almost a century ago.” Inside The Huge Book of Brain Games, you will find an obsessive collection of 1,000 challenges, puzzles, riddles, illusions—originals as well as must-do classics—it’s like salted peanuts for the brain. With jampacked pages and a full-color illustration for each entry, the book, opened anywhere, is a call to action. (And it’s guaranteed to make you smarter.) Twelve vital categories include Geometry, Patterns, Numbers, Logic and Probability, and Perception. An simple-to-read key at the top of each game ranks its difficulty on a sca (more…)