536 Puzzles and Curious Problems he does not hesitate to

he does not hesitate to depart from his major scheme and treat the mathematics in detail by itself

a metaphor for the civilization that created them

dedicated amateurs

literary romance

and commercial designers

536 Puzzles and Curious Problems he does not hesitate toFor two decades, self taught mathematician Henry E. Dudeney wrote a puzzle page, "Perplexities," for The Strand Magazine. Martin Gardner, longtime editor of Scientific American's mathematical games column, hailed Dudeney as "England's greatest maker of puzzles," unsurpassed in the quantity and quality of his inventions. This compilation of Dudeney's long inaccessible challenges attests to the puzzle maker's gift for creating witty and compelling