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The 15 Puzzle: How It Drove the World Crazy

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Description:The 15 Puzzle Book contains an illustrated history of one of the most popular and important mechanical puzzles of all time. It can be argued that the 15 Puzzle in 1880 had the greatest impact on American and European society of any mechanical puzzle the world has ever known. Books by famous mathematicians tell that a deaf mute invented the 15 Puzzle but other sources claim it was invented by Sam Loyd, who Martin Gardner called, "America's greatest puzzle designer." Or has Sam Loyd, who claimed to invent the puzzle, continued to fool the world for more than 100 years?The true story of the puzzle is told here for the first time:- The real inventor and his patent application records were found.- The story of how the puzzle came to be manufactured.- Proof that the 15 Puzzle is mathematically impossible to solve.- How a young New Yorker solved it.- The worldwide puzzle craze that it created.Distributed for Slocum Puzzle GroupWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The 15 Puzzle: How It Drove the World Crazy. To get started finding The 15 Puzzle: How It Drove the World Crazy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The 15 Puzzle Book contains an illustrated history of one of the most popular and important mechanical puzzles of all time. It can be argued that the 15 Puzzle in 1880 had the greatest impact on American and European society of any mechanical puzzle the world has ever known. Books by famous mathematicians tell that a deaf mute invented the 15 Puzzle but other sources claim it was invented by Sam Loyd, who Martin Gardner called, "America's greatest puzzle designer." Or has Sam Loyd, who claimed to invent the puzzle, continued to fool the world for more than 100 years?The true story of the puzzle is told here for the first time:- The real inventor and his patent application records were found.- The story of how the puzzle came to be manufactured.- Proof that the 15 Puzzle is mathematically impossible to solve.- How a young New Yorker solved it.- The worldwide puzzle craze that it created.Distributed for Slocum Puzzle GroupWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The 15 Puzzle: How It Drove the World Crazy. To get started finding The 15 Puzzle: How It Drove the World Crazy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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