Lateral logician : 300 mind stretching puzzles / Edward J. Harshman, [and two others]

By:

Harshman, Edward J [author]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Sterling Publishing, c2004Description: 272 pages : illustration ; 22 cmISBN:

9781402716843

Subject(s):

LATERAL THINKING PUZZLES

LOC classification:

GV 1507 .H37 2004

Contents:

Introduction -- How to Solve Lateral Thinking Puzzles -- The Puzzles -- 1. Easy Puzzles -- 2. Moderate Puzzles -- 3. Difficult Puzzles -- 4. Fiendish Puzzles -- Solutions.

Summary: "These complicated conundrums provide an amazing brain workout. To solve a lateral-thinking problem you have to throw out assumptions, think out of the box, and look at the clues from a new perspective. It’s all a matter of training the brain to think more creatively. Here’s an example of one tricky little mystery: A foreign visitor to London wanted to ride up the escalator at the subway station, but did not do so. Why? Could you guess the reason is that he saw a sign saying “Dogs must be carried”—and he didn’t have a dog! At first, you may think you don’t have all the information needed to arrive at the answers, but persist and you’ll find the answers to them all."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Circulation	Non-fiction	GC GV 1507 .H37 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000001345

Includes index.

Introduction -- How to Solve Lateral Thinking Puzzles -- The Puzzles -- 1. Easy Puzzles -- 2. Moderate Puzzles -- 3. Difficult Puzzles -- 4. Fiendish Puzzles -- Solutions.

"These complicated conundrums provide an amazing brain workout. To solve a lateral-thinking problem you have to throw out assumptions, think out of the box, and look at the clues from a new perspective. It’s all a matter of training the brain to think more creatively. Here’s an example of one tricky little mystery: A foreign visitor to London wanted to ride up the escalator at the subway station, but did not do so. Why? Could you guess the reason is that he saw a sign saying “Dogs must be carried”—and he didn’t have a dog! At first, you may think you don’t have all the information needed to arrive at the answers, but persist and you’ll find the answers to them all."

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