books by Ivan Moscovich     books:     Ivan Moscovich      The Awesome 3-D Puzzle Challenge Ivan Moscovich Sterling, 2003 Awesome is an accurate description Awesome is a word that correctly describes the puzzles in this book. Some of the puzzles pop up but all require you to manipulate the pieces. There are some classics in the collection, one is just a modification of the Towers of Hanoi problem and another is the classic ...             1000 Play Thinks: Puzzles, Paradoxes, Illusions & Games Ivan Moscovich Workman Publishing Company, 2001 Fantastic Brain Challenges I teach gifted children, and I am always looking for something I can pull out quickly for the one or two students who finish their work early. This is a fantastic resource. In fact, I've had to put it up on a high shelf. Otherwise, my students run into the room and ...             Cunning Combination Problems & Other Puzzles (Mastermind Collection) Ivan Moscovich Sterling, 2005 There's magic in these brainteasers. Most of them play variations on the magic square, among the oldest puzzles that exist. These cubes or other shapes are made up of groups of cells, each cell containing one of a set of numbers. The set generally corresponds with the number of cells, so, for example, a five-by-five magic square would contain ...             The Big Book of Brain Games: 1,000 PlayThinks of Art, Mathematics & Science Ivan Moscovich Workman Publishing Company, 2006 Highly recommended book of puzzles A superbly designed book of puzzles. You will find all types of "brain games" with different degrees of difficulty clearly marked. An index at the end of the book allows you to choose a "brain game" according to its type and degree of difficulty. Solutions to all brain ...             Brain-Flexing Balance Problems & Other Puzzles (Mastermind Collection) Ivan Moscovich Sterling, 2006 Puzzles in perpetual motion?that?s what these are! Many of these bright brainteasers focus on ingenious, moving mechanisms, including an ancient Greek door-opening apparatus that featured one of the earliest uses of steam. Check out a perpetuum mobile invented by a famous American mathematician and see if you can successfully explain its ...             Mindgames: Network Games Ivan Moscovich Workman Publishing Company, 2002 Think outside the box! Knot or Not, Petunia's Pickle, Mole City and the Mad Maze of Dr. M Beginning with the cover game of Put a Spin on It?an ingenious test of thinking about connections?here are 19 fascinating puzzles that flex the mind. Take the network challenge and tackle the bridges of Königsberg. Arrange a perfect seating plan for a ...             Loopy Logic Problems & Other Puzzles (Mastermind Collection) Ivan Moscovich Sterling, 2006 Calculate velocity; explain the Maltese cross mechanism that?s the basis of the motion picture projector; and work out the ways different pendulums (including Foucault?s famous version) swing. Every attractive page in master Ivan Moscovich?s eleventh collection of brain-busters offers a tricky puzzle pleasure. Sixteen tiles show either a crowned ...             The Monty Hall Problem and Other Puzzles (Mastermind) Ivan Moscovich Robson Books Ltd, 2005 Puzzlers will feel fit to be tied - Dog Tied: If Fido is tied to a 10-foot-long rope, and his bone is 15 feet away, how is it possible that he can reach and enjoy his bone without breaking or stretching the rope? (And yes - the rope IS tied to something.) There's fun in finding the answer to this and other cool number-based problems. Dust off your ...             Peerless Probability Problems & Other Puzzles (Mastermind Collection) Ivan Moscovich Sterling, 2006 What makes these puzzles so special? Not only does each one illustrate some of the most classic theories in math, logic, and perception, but they?re eye-catching too.  Stare at brilliantly hued concentric circles, inspired by the ?video active? paintings of the Parisian artist Isia Leviant; if you continue to look long enough, a spinning white ...             The Hinged Square and Other Puzzles (Mastermind) Ivan Moscovich Robson Books Ltd, 2005 A colourful square, dissected into four parts, with hinges marked in black. If you leave the blue piece fixed and swing the others around their hinges, a new shape will emerge. Can you guess just by looking what it will be? This is just one of the tricky geometrical gems that will make a puzzler's mind work overtime. Try drawing a set of variously ...             Tough Topology Problems & Other Puzzles (Mastermind Collection) Ivan Moscovich Sterling, 2006 Colorful geometrical pentagors , composed of pentagons and triangles and dissected into pieces: Can you put the shapes together again to form a whole? A classic paradox about the nature of motion from a famous Greek mathematician: Can you see what?s wrong with it?  Put on your thinking cap and prepare to give your math and logic abilities a ...             Perplexing Pattern Problems & Other Puzzles (Mastermind Collection) Ivan Moscovich Sterling, 2005 From the designs on Mondrian's paintings to the elegant organization of mathematical sequences, these puzzles all involve the wonderful world of patterns. Some use colors, others feature letters, and still more focus on shapes, but all offer plenty of entertainment. Suppose you have a supply of beads in red, green, and yellow, and are making them ...             The Monty Hall Problem & Other Puzzles (Mastermind Collection) Ivan Moscovich Sterling, 2004 What a deal! Did you know that mathematics is the only universal language we could expect intelligent aliens to understand? So says Ivan Moscovich, the designer of these puzzles and games which provide a learning experience that he calls "recreational mathematics." The title ...             The Hinged Square & Other Puzzles (Mastermind Collection) Ivan Moscovich Sterling, 2004 Put on your thinking cap and get to work. A great new book by one of the masters of Recreational Mathematics and Puzzles.This book will give hours of fun to puzzlers of all abilities and intrests. Just to get warmed up,Ivan shows us how to construct ...             Genius Gymnasium: On Your Mark, Get Set--Work Out Your Mind & Strengthen Your Brain Ivan Moscovich Sterling, 2006 It takes physical exercise to build the body?and it takes a workout to strengthen the brain, too. Ivan Moscovich is a masterful coach, and he?s created a selection of tricky conundrums to enhance every muscle of the mind. Because each puzzle must be completed in just one minute, there?s a little hourglass timer (built into the book?s front cover) ...          products you might be interested in search for books brain-flexing, combination, mathematics, playthinks, probability, strengthen      toavi.com    web we recommend Highly recommended book of puzzles randomly chosen book: Camilla (Oxford World's Classics)