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Challenging Brainteasers (Mensa)

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It is always rewarding to find that you do have a knowledge of mathematics and logic you have not been aware of. This wonderful little book offers puzzles and enigmas you can solve applying your mathematical abilities. It is clever, interesting and above all fun. Its a teaser and a great companion to idle hours. Great!

Today I was able to prove once again that mathematics is not just for a few. Challenging Brainteasers taught me how mathematics are not only fun but accesible to all. Besides enjoyig solving many of these brainteasers it provided me with many fine tools to work with my own children and students problems that I previously thought were imposible. A big clap for Recamán.

I have found this fine collection of puzzles a wonderful source to stimulate my mathematics students. There are problems and puzzles of all levels of difficulty, and on a wide range of topics. Some are classics in a revised form but lots are new to me. All are great fun.

I've been a student and a disciple of Professor Recamán for several years. Needless to say that his work, like all his life accomplishments are an example to be followed. Bright, witty, irreverent, with a passion for life and an outstanding sense of humour, he is definitely a magister teaser.

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I've been a student and a disciple of Professor Recamán for several years. Needless to say that his work, like all his life accomplishments are an example to be followed. Bright, witty, irreverent, with a passion for life and an outstanding sense of humour, he is definitely a magister teaser.

Many curent puzzle books feature puzzles that are just old chestnuts dressed up in more modern language or settings,and this book, I'm afraid, is one of those.

Well, maybe I'm being a bit too critical. It's an OK collection if you're new to puzzles. But if you're a seasoned puzzle person, you really should leaf through it and judge by yourself whether it's good enough to fork down your hard earned dollars.

Oh, and the Mensa stamp of intellectual arrogance on the cover? Believe me, as a collector of puzzle books, it's no guarantee that the puzzles inside are that much more original than average fare - in fact, I find it downright pretentious.