Train your brain : a year's worth of puzzles

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Train your brain : a year's worth of puzzles

George Grätzer ; translated by Tom Artin

A K Peters/CRC Press, c2011

  • : pbk

Other Title

Elmesport egy esztendőre

Denksport für ein Jahr : 140 mathematische Rätsel aus dem Alltag

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Note

Translated from the German

Originally publised in Hungarian by Nyitott Könyvműhely Kiadó Bt. in 2008

Published in German by Spektrum Akademischer Verlag in 2010

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Many people start the day with physical exercise but few seem to be so concerned with exercising the most human of organs-the brain. This book provides you with entertaining and challenging mental exercises for every week of the year. Whether you are a high school student eager to sharpen your brain, or someone older who would like to retain your mental agility, you will find your brain getting sharper and more agile as you solve the puzzles in this book. Read a few puzzles every week, think about them, solve them, and you will see the results. And on the way to a sharper mind, you will enjoy every step.

Table of Contents

The Gym. Black Belt. Hints. Solutions. Appendix. Terminology. Mathematical Induction. Some Important Formulas. Prime Numbers. Prime Factorization. A Friendly Afterword to the Reader. Afterword to the English Translation.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB07369553
  • ISBN
    • 9781568817101
  • LCCN
    2010041224
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    Boca Raton, FL
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 235 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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