Think Twice
Solve the Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong
Published on 5. September 2024
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-5299-3479-3 (ISBN)
Description
*70 BRAIN-TEASING FAMILY PUZZLES*
'Brilliant' G.T. Karber, author of MURDLE
'A lot of fun especially if shared' ***** Amazon reader review
'We had great fun as a family trying to puzzle these out' ***** Amazon reader review
Everyone else gets these seemingly simple puzzles wrong.
Will you and your friends beat Alex Bellos, creator of the Guardian's Monday Puzzle, at his own game?
'I'm a sucker for Alex Bellos's books - they're just such fun' Tim Harford
Alex Bellos knows better than anyone that the puzzles we find irresistible are the ones that deceive us. Those that seem blindingly, obviously simple - and yet we can't help but get wrong.
These 70 confounding puzzles - which Alex has scoured from across psychology, mathematics, statistics, physics, geography, the science of perception and more - are guaranteed to catch you and your friends off guard. But why are you getting them wrong? And how can you get them right?
Alex delights in tripping us up before righting through explanations for how these puzzles work, the biases holding us back: and how to train your brain to avoid being hoodwinked again.
THINK TWICE is an exhilarating family game to play for adults and kids alike. So, pit yourself against Alex's puzzles or play quiz master to friends and family - either way, you're in for a mind-boggling treat!
Think once and you will stumble.
Think twice and you are in with a chance.
Now that you've been warned, can you prove Alex wrong?
'Brilliant' G.T. Karber, author of MURDLE
'A lot of fun especially if shared' ***** Amazon reader review
'We had great fun as a family trying to puzzle these out' ***** Amazon reader review
Everyone else gets these seemingly simple puzzles wrong.
Will you and your friends beat Alex Bellos, creator of the Guardian's Monday Puzzle, at his own game?
'I'm a sucker for Alex Bellos's books - they're just such fun' Tim Harford
Alex Bellos knows better than anyone that the puzzles we find irresistible are the ones that deceive us. Those that seem blindingly, obviously simple - and yet we can't help but get wrong.
These 70 confounding puzzles - which Alex has scoured from across psychology, mathematics, statistics, physics, geography, the science of perception and more - are guaranteed to catch you and your friends off guard. But why are you getting them wrong? And how can you get them right?
Alex delights in tripping us up before righting through explanations for how these puzzles work, the biases holding us back: and how to train your brain to avoid being hoodwinked again.
THINK TWICE is an exhilarating family game to play for adults and kids alike. So, pit yourself against Alex's puzzles or play quiz master to friends and family - either way, you're in for a mind-boggling treat!
Think once and you will stumble.
Think twice and you are in with a chance.
Now that you've been warned, can you prove Alex wrong?
Reviews / Votes
A brilliant collection of puzzles. Never has getting the answer wrong felt so good! -- G.T. Karber, author of MURDLE I'm a sucker for Alex Bellos's books - they're just such fun -- Tim Harford A magical mixture of surprising, smart and sensational puzzles! -- Richard Wiseman, author of THE LUCK FACTOR If you like puzzles, don't think twice - buy this book * 5* star Amazon review * We had great fun as a family trying to puzzle these * 5* star Amazon review * A lot of fun especially if shared * 5* star Amazon review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 184 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
258 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5299-3479-3 (9781529934793)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
09/2024
Vintage Digital
€14.99
Available for download
Person
Alex Bellos is a journalist, broadcaster and puzzle master. He read Mathematics and Philosophy at Oxford University before becoming a journalist and writer. Alex was born in Oxford and grew up in Edinburgh and Southampton and lived in Brazil for five years as a foreign correspondent for the Guardian before returning to the UK He is the author of 8 books about puzzles and mathematics and currently writes weekly puzzle column for the Guardian.