Tricky Optical Illusion Puzzles

The longer you look, the more you get fooled. That’s the excitement of optical illusion puzzles—especially when they are as colorful as these. Coins rearrange themselves. Pictures disappear and reappear. Your eyes are deceived, and you must figure out how; fortunately, your mind is sharper than your gaze. Start looking, get smart, and have fun. Eighty-two puzzles in all.

Children's Books

Slocum, Jerry

Botermans, Jacob

Science, Nature & How It Works

Sterling

This first truly comprehensive and beautiful volume on one of the world's most popular and intriguing puzzles comes in two parts. It's an authoritative, lavishly photographed history of Tangrams that reveals the mystery and beauty of this ancient art, and also a masterful introduction to Tangram puzzle-solving, with more than 2,000 all-time puzzles which you can try to solve. This accurate history of this classic Chinese art form comes from a Tangram museum owner and his research team. They discovered many treasures, such as the Tangram sets used by Chinese mathematicians 2,200 years ago to test Pythagorean theorems. You'll see the Tangrams Napoleon played with during his exile. Photos show how to arrange Tangram-shaped antique dinner tables for a variety of themes such as mountain ranges, flower arrangements, and celebration costumes. Among the puzzles for you to solve: "paradoxical pairs" that appear to be identical, but differ in a hard-to-detect detail.

The Tangram Book: The Story of the Chinese Puzzle With over 2000 Puzzles to Solve

Humor & Entertainment

Van Splunteren, Carla

Gebhardt, Dieter

Ma, Monica

Ma, Xiaohe

Raizer, Harold

Sonneveld, Dic

Puzzles & Games

Activities, Crafts & Games

With its exquisite photographs and richly informative text, this is simply the best, the most unique, and the most in-depth study of the ancient and popular Chinese puzzle game. This first truly comprehensive and beautiful volume on one of the world’s most popular and intriguing puzzles is an authoritative, lavishly photographed history of tangrams, and also a masterful introduction to puzzle solving, with more than 2,000 all-time tangrams. This accurate history of the classic Chinese art form comes from a tangram museum owner and his research team, who discovered many treasures, such as the tangram sets used by Chinese mathematicians 2,200 years ago to test Pythagorean theorems. Photos show how to arrange tangram-shaped antique dinner tables for a variety of themes such as mountain ranges and celebration costumes. Among the puzzles for you to solve: Paradoxical Pairs that appear to be identical but differ in a hard-to-detect detail.

The Tangram Book: The Story of the Chinese Puzzle with Over 2000 Puzzles to Solve

Sterling_Publishing

High-flying Paper Airplanes

From the Concorde to the Stealth Bomber, these more than 35 great-looking, superbly aerodynamic paper craft look amazingly like the actual planes, helicopters, and gliders they're modeled on. And, along with this easy-to-follow and well-illustrated manual, all you need to construct them are paper, some basic origami folds, and a few everyday supplies such as a pencil, glue, scissors, and tape. True to its name, the Simple Jet is so uncomplicated to make, it's worth creating an entire fleet in different colors. The Arrow-head flies fast and true; decorate its huge wings with personal insignia. Try experimental planes, such as the Grumman A-6 Intruder; stunt flyers, including the Avro Vulcan, especially made for performance flights; and many other exciting craft.

High-Flying Paper Airplanes

Bookman International B.V.

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