Puzzle Me Twice 70 Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong
Puzzle Me Twice 70 Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong by Alex Bellos, published by Experiment LLC in 2024, presents a collection of 70 engaging puzzles designed to challenge conventional thinking. This edition, comprising 224 pages, invites readers to explore a variety of mind-bending challenges that blend humor, logic, and mathematics. Each puzzle is crafted to lead participants to a seemingly correct answer that is, in fact, incorrect, encouraging a deeper examination of their reasoning processes.
Readers will find a diverse array of puzzles, from mathematical conundrums to optical illusions, all aimed at revealing the quirks of human logic. The book emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and offers insights into how our instincts can mislead us. With topics spanning puzzles, science, and brain teasers, Puzzle Me Twice serves as both an entertaining and educational experience, prompting readers to rethink their initial responses and sharpen their problem-solving skills.
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From mathy mind-benders to eye-fooling illusions, here are 70 perplexing puzzles of every kind. But they all have one key thing in common–a wrong answer that seems so right! In Puzzle Me Twice, you’ll have to think–and think again–to overrule your first instinct and uncover the truth. For example:
If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs do half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?*
Bestselling author Alex Bellos wrangles math and physics, logic and wordplay, optical illusions, card games, and more to tie readers’ brains in pleasurable knots. It’s a merry tour of the many ways our reasoning can go wrong–and how we can be more fool-proof in the future. Puzzle on!
*Four times as many hens, over four times as many days, lay 16 times as many eggs: 1.5 × 16 = 24 eggs.
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