About this ebook
Modern Edition, Volume 3 features route puzzles, unicursal problems, mazes, combinations, game puzzles, and elegant challenges in logical movement and strategy. Originally published in the early twentieth century, these classic recreations continue to reward careful reasoning, experimentation, and mathematical insight.
The language has been refined for clarity while preserving the original structure, logic, numbering, and solutions.
Features:
• Problems 239-287 and 378-398 from the original edition
• Includes the original Mazes and How to Thread Them section
• Original numbering preserved throughout
• Faithful modernized language
• Carefully restored diagrams
Volumes in the Amusements in Mathematics — Modern Edition series:
• Vol. 1 — Arithmetical & Algebraical Problems
• Vol. 2 — Geometrical, Dissection & Spatial Problems
• Vol. 3 — Route, Combination & Game Puzzles
• Vol. 4 — Chessboard & Dynamical Problems
• Vol. 5 — Magic Squares, Paradoxes & Recreational Problems
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About the author
Henry Ernest Dudeney (1857-1930) was an English author and one of the foremost creators of mathematical puzzles and recreational logic problems. His works helped popularize recreational mathematics for a wide audience and remain celebrated for their ingenuity, elegance, and enduring charm.
Brilliant Works Publishing curates and modernizes timeless classics, presenting carefully edited editions designed for today’s readers. Each work is enhanced with thoughtful formatting to make the wisdom of the past accessible, relevant, and engaging for a modern audience.
