The Everything Logic Puzzles Book Volume 1: 200 Puzzles to Increase Your Brain Power

by Marcel Danesi PhD

Overview

This brand-new puzzle book features 200 logic questions of varying types and difficulty.

Mental workout warriors and logic lovers will adore The Everything Book of Logic Puzzles Volume I. You’ll learn ten different kinds of puzzles and how to solve each, with the difficulty slowly increasing from basic to expert as you go along. And every single puzzle is specifically designed to improve memory, vocabulary, and logical reasoning.

With increasingly difficult puzzles ranging from introductory to fiendish, and comprehensive answers to explain each puzzle, this book is perfect for puzzlers of all ages and skill levels!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781507204146
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	07/11/2017
Series:	Everything�
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Marcel Danesi is a professor at the University of Toronto. He has written extensively on puzzles. Among his many books of puzzle creations there is the trilogy published by Harlequin Books: Total Brain Workout, Extreme Brain Workout, and Complete Brain Workout. He also composes puzzles for the Toronto Star’s “That’s Puzzling” weekend supplement and he composes brainteasers for the Canadian edition of Reader’s Digest. In addition, he writes a puzzle blog for Psychology Today. He has also published academic books on puzzles: The Puzzle Instinct: The Meaning of Puzzles in Human Life and The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi: The Ten Greatest Math Puzzles of All Time. He appears frequently on major media, such as CBC and NPR, to discuss puzzles and their meaning for brain health. He has founded a research center at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences to explore the use of puzzles in education.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Chapter 1 Card Logic Puzzles 11

The Missing Card 12

The Odd Card Out 24

Card-Logic Mayhem 33

Chapter 2 Doublets 39

Basic Doublets 40

Doublets Meet Anagrams 45

Doublet Mayhem 51

Chapter 3 Word Squares 53

Three-by-Three Squares 54

Four-by-Four Squares 59

Five-by-Five Squares 63

Chapter 4 Word Logic Puzzles 67

The Missing Word 68

The Odd Word Out 75

Word-Logic Mayhem 80

Chapter 5 Logical Deductions 83

Deduction Puzzles 84

Truth Tellers and Liars 98

Drawing-Out Logic 104

Chapter 6 Domino Logic Puzzles 107

The Missing Domino 108

The Odd Domino Out 117

Dominoes Meet Cards 125

Chapter 7 Number Logic Puzzles 131

The Missing Number 132

Number-Letter Codes 137

Anything Goes 144

Chapter 8 Lie Detection Puzzles 147

Who's the Culprit? 148

Who's the Culprit This Time? 153

Misleading Labels 160

Answers 164

Chapter 1 164

Chapter 2 171

Chapter 3 174

Chapter 4 178

Chapter 5 184

Chapter 6 195

Chapter 7 207

Chapter 8 214