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Puzzle Ninja: Pit Your Wits Against The Japanese Puzzle Masters Book

Puzzles are so enjoyable. They get your brain sparking and the competitive spirit flowing. Solving them is one of life's simple pleasures. The puzzle masters of Japan create the world's most satisfying puzzles, so Alex Bellos travelled to Tokyo to meet them. These enigmatologists include the god-father of Sudoku, the winner of the WorldPuzzle Championships, an inspiring teacher who uses games to enliven his students' maths lessons, and the puzzle poet whose name has become a Sudoku-solving technique. They use noms de guerre - Edamame, Lenin, Teatime, Sesame Egg - and each has a distinctive style. What unites them are their megawatt brainsand the beauty of their hand-crafted puzzles, which will challenge and sharpen your mind. Bellos has collected over 200 of their most ingenious puzzles, rated easy to excruciating , and introduces over 20 new types of addictive problems including Shakashaka and Marupeke. Arm yourself with pencil, eraser and laser-like focus. Let's get puzzling . . . A journalist, author and mathematician, Alex Bellos was, for a time, the Guardian’s South American correspondent during which time he wrote Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life. Since returning to the UK he’s concentrated on writing about maths and science, writing the bestselling popular science books Alex’s Adventures in Numberland, Alex Through the Looking Glass, Can You Solve My Problems? and Puzzle Ninja. He is also the author of a football series for children, Football School Season.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    This book will transport the reader to the land of the rising sums. Alex Bellos travels to Japan and meets the world's brightest puzzle inventors, awesome puzzle masters, and startling origami experts. The Puzzle Ninja is a delightfully brain-bending mix of history, reportage, and over 200 mind-boggling puzzles.In this terrific book you will find:- 20 new types of addictive puzzles from Slitherlink to Akari- Puzzles ranging in difficulty from dojo to sensei- Tips on how to crack the most fiendish puzzlesLet's get puzzling...

  • BookDepository

    Presents a brain-bending mix of history, reportage, and over 200 mind-boggling puzzles. In this book, you will find: 20 new types of addictive puzzles from Slitherlink to Akari; Puzzles ranging in difficulty from dojo to sensei; and, tips on how to crack the most fiendish puzzles.

  • 1783351365
  • 9781783351367
  • Alex Bellos
  • 5 October 2017
  • Guardian Faber Publishing
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288
  • Main
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