Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Kids | 8 April 2009
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These Sam Loyd puzzles are specifically designed for kids. Each puzzle might look easy, but it's designed to give kids a mental workout. Work them out on your own, with a friend or get the family involved.
Added by: lucius5 | Karma: 1660.85 | Non-Fiction, Other | 7 April 2009
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If you are interested in puzzles ....mechanical and manipulative ....paper, wood, wire, string, puzzles, mazes, ... look at this book ..beautifully produced, fantastic pictures and complete solutions .... make your own puzzles and get hooked. An exquisite gem of a book !!!
Can a Robot Be Human?: 33 Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Non-Fiction | 27 February 2009
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In this book of puzzles and paradoxes, Peter Cave introduces some of life's most important questions with tales and tall stories, reasons and arguments, common sense and bizarre conclusions. From how to get to heaven, to speedy tortoises, paradoxes and puzzles give rise to some of the most exciting philosophical problems. Illustrated with quirky cartoons throughout, The Unusual, Please! takes the reader on a tour to the most interesting and delightful parts of philosophy.
Despite the enormous capacity of the human brain, we only utilise on average two per cent of our potential brainpower. There is, therefore, the potential for each of us to considerably expand our brainpower.
Maximise Your Brainpower provides readers with a series of mental workouts covering areas of creative thinking, problem solving, memory, logical thought, mental agility and intelligence. Chapters are each designed to exercise a different kind of brain activity, with a series of newly compiled exercises, puzzles and tests.
Use this and other books in The IQ Workout Series as a fun and informative way of testing, assessing, and expanding your brainpower!
Ken Russell and Philip Carter are MENSA Puzzle Editors and have compiled nearly 100 books on all aspects of testing, puzzles and crosswords.
A hints section is provided for the more difficult tests and puzzles.
Answers together with detailed explanations, where necessary, are provided for all puzzles and tests.
A guide to assessing performance is provided for each of the IQ tests in the Intelligence Test section, and for tests in other sections where appropriate.
