Puzzles and Paradoxes His descriptions contain scarcely a

His descriptions contain scarcely a hint of mathematics

along with a rich gallery of work by the great masters

point work

fortified towns in the later Middle Ages

Puzzles and Paradoxes His descriptions contain scarcely aNoted mathematician T. H. O'Beirne leads readers through a delightful maze of problems and solutions that are as artfully formed as any great poem or melody. Most require little mathematical knowledge, just careful logic and a playful imagination. Each chapter presents a series of thematically related brainteasers: difficult journeys featuring unlikely passengers and inadequate transport; geometric paradoxes; pouring liquid puzzles; cube and color