Insight -- Numbers -- Combinatorics -- Probability -- Geometry -- Geography(!) -- Games -- Algorithms -- More games -- Handicaps -- Toughies -- Unsolved puzzles -- Afterword --Index of puzzles
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"Peter Winkler, noted research mathematician and puzzle maven, reveals his puzzle collection, compiled over decades. Now, you can share more than 100 of the best (and some of the toughest) mathematical puzzles ever to appear in one volume." "You'll need a love for mathematical reasoning and a streak of determination. You won't need a professional acquaintance with mathematics, a bright high school student has what it takes."--BOOK JACKET