The penguin book of curious and interesting puzzles by david wells

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF lrnUITIBlll(ffiUIT~ AND ll~lrIEIBlIE~lrll~[IT PUZZLES David Wells PENGUIN BOOKS THE PENGUIN BOOK OF CURIOUS AND INTERESTING PUZZLES David Wells was born in 1940 He had the rare distinction of being a Cambridge scholar in mathematics and failing his degree He subsequently trained as a teacher and, after working on computers and teaching machines, taught mathematics and sCIence in a primary school and mathematics in secondary schools He is still involved with education through writing and working with teachers While at university he became British under-21 chess champion, and in the mIddle seventies was a game inventor, devising 'Guerilla' and 'Checkpoint Danger', a puzzle composer, and the puzzle editor of Games & Puzzles magazine From 1981 to 1983 he published The Problem Solver, a magazine of mathematical problems for secondary pupils He has published several books of problems and popular mathematics, including Can You Solve These? and Hidden Connections, Double Meanmgs, and also Russia and England, and the Transformations of European Culture He has written The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers and The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Geometry, and is currently writing a book on the nature, learning and teaching of mathematics David Wells The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Puzzles PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Publish