Ivan MoscovichCritiques

This type of book is my favorite type of book because I am not a big reader and I love puzzles. This book combines science, math, and art to create puzzles for students to solve. The puzzles are divided into sections and are ranked based on the difficulty level of the puzzle.

Ivan Moscovich è uno dei più famosi progettisti di giochi. Ha già passato i 90 anni, quindi vi lascio immaginare quanto ha potuto fare negli anni. Questo libro è una coloratissima opera che di matematica non parla più di tanto, se non per avere una scusa per parlare di giochi, storici e moderni, da carta e penna, da tavola, o da manipolare. Soprattutto per quanto riguarda gli ultimi anni ho scoperto cose che non avevo mai sentito nominare. Il guaio è che la versione americana che ho acquistato (è poi uscita anche la versione italiana, Matemagica, che però non ho letto) ha parecchi refusi e le figure sono spesso malfatte nei punti dove si incontrano più colori; inoltre le soluzioni sono spesso scritte troppo in piccolo. In definitiva una buona opera di riferimento, ma sarebbe potuta essere meglio.

This is a large format book, with numerous illustrated puzzles, arranged innovatively.

This book is a large format book with a spiral binding. Each page is laid out in separate panels of various sizes, each panel corresponding to a puzzle. Each puzzle has a, usually very well thought out, illustration associated with it. The puzzles also have a cute system of icons indicating difficulty, but also other characteristics of the puzzle, for example, if you should expect to have to do some drawing. There is a smaller version of this book containing only 500+ puzzles, which might seem a little less daunting. The book is an impressive achievement, and very enjoyable.

These seemed kind of uninteresting, and not confined to visual perception. I like the 1000 playthinks book a lot better.

Acertijos clásicos y nuevos. juegos y problemas que invitan a pensar. Muy entretenido.

A great range of mind bending puzzles. Great to look at over breakfast.½

Innovator Ivan Moscovich's number puzzles are as spectacular looking as they are stimulating. Moscovich has been designing and inventing inspired puzzles, games, toys, teaching aids, and hands-on science museum exhibits for the past 50 years.
For the Mastermind Collection, Moscovich has gathered many of his ingenious inventions, as well as imaginative mind bogglers created by other remarkable puzzlemakers. This series covers a wide range of mathematical ideas, through both classic and original puzzles, games, problems and more.
Brain-Flexing Balance Problems and Other Puzzles includes "Hiroimono," a game where the object is to fill all the circles in a grid with consecutive numbers, and "Four Fours," a puzzle that requires adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers.
These imaginative puzzles are a treat for the eye and the mind.

Innovator Ivan Moscovich's number puzzles are as spectacular looking as they are stimulating. Moscovich has been designing and inventing inspired puzzles, games, toys, teaching aids, and hands-on science museum exhibits for the past 50 years. "In collecting and creating puzzles," writes Moscovich, "I favor those that are more than just fun, preferring instead puzzles that offer opportunities for intellectual satisfaction and learning experiences, as well as provoking curiosity and creative thinking."
For the Mastermind Collection, Moscovich has gathered many of his ingenious inventions, as well as imaginative mind bogglers created by other remarkable puzzlemakers. This series covers a wide range of mathematical ideas, through both classic and original puzzles, games, problems and more.
The Monty Hall Problem and Other Puzzles includes the famous game show problem, based on seemingly very simple principles of probability; "Police Chase," which will require you to think about how the center of a triangle is defined; and "Magic Arrows," a variation on the classical 4x4 magic square.
These imaginative puzzles are a treat for the eye and the mind.

Good variety of games and puzzles for entertaining or excercising your brain, answers are included

Innovator Ivan Moscovich's number puzzles are as spectacular looking as they are stimulating. Moscovich has been designing and inventing inspired puzzles, games, toys, teaching aids, and hands-on science museum exhibits for the past 50 years. "In collecting and creating puzzles," writes Moscovich, "I favor those that are more than just fun, preferring instead puzzles that offer opportunities for intellectual satisfaction and learning experiences, as well as provoking curiosity and creative thinking."
For the Mastermind Collection, Moscovich has gathered many of his ingenious inventions, as well as imaginative mind bogglers created by other remarkable puzzlemakers. This series covers a wide range of mathematical ideas, through both classic and original puzzles, games, problems and more.
The Shoelace Problem and Other Puzzles includes "Stopgaps," which illustrates that estimating angles is a useful skill nomatter whether you're parking cars or solving puzzles; "Commuter Computation," tests of your ability to calculate averages; and "Clown and Company," a game that enables you to create an endless number of pleasing symmetrical and non-symmetrical abstract patterns.
These imaginative puzzles are a treat for the eye and the mind.