Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd

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These puzzles of Sam Loyd, which were published over a century ago, stretch the brain cells as much now as they did when they dazzled the people of a younger country. Some of the caricatures of the figures could not be used in the politically correct atmosphere of today. A good puzzle is much like a classic novel. However, they are so well stated that reading them is a significant part of the fun. The only possible challenger is the editor of this collection, which is most fitting. The problems follow very standard themes. Reading the puzzles and looking at the diagrams also takes you back to a different age.

Therefore, it is necessary to cut a little historical slack when you read the book. You read it and then after a certain period of time, you can read it again and enjoy it just as much as the first time. It also seems most unlikely that a problem involving nuns being abducted by soldiers would be published in a modern newspaper. Having read many puzzle books, I recognized the form of all of the puzzles in this one. It is also an interesting piece of historical perspective that puzzles were also a very popular staple in newspapers over a century ago. Sam Loyd was the best puzzlist that America has ever had. I enjoyed the book immensely, even though I was in most cases rereading rather than solving for the first time.

If you really like tough puzzles, that is the book and the writer that you were looking for. In one book there is enough puzzles for a human being life.The puzzle categories are also quite wide from tangram to chess problems.