Dr. Crypton's Mind Benders: From Science Digest - Tapa blanda

Dr. Crypton's Mind Benders from Science Digest

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Matt Freedman Ilustrador. First Thus 1st Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. ALSO KNOWN AS: Originally published as Dr. Crypton and His Problems by St. Martin's Press. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Questions by Isaac Asimov; 1. An Enigmatic Evening with Microwave Cornbread 2. The Intragalactic Cabaret 3. The Case of the Fatal Forfex 4. Palindromes: No Lemons! No Melon! 5. Sleight of Mind in Katmandu 6. Shockley: Sperm Hustler Offers Compatible Kinky Ladies Einsteinish Young 7. Zeno of Elea: The First Paradoxologist 8. The Well-Hung Natives and Twenty-three Other Conundrums 9. The Logistics of Armchair Ornithology 10. Lora Does a Mobius Strip 11. The BAND and Other Phrenetic Phrases 12. How's Your Resistance? (There's o Place like Ohm) 14. Triskaidekaphobia 15. Freud and the Number 23 16. The Puzzles of Nympholepts: Lewis Carroll and Vladimir Nabokov 17. The Talk of the Town. SYNOPSIS: AHA! OF COURSE! I SHOULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT! Or maybe you did! But whether they thrill you with your own cleverness, or amaze, provoke, and perplex you - these puzzles, paradoxes, and intellectual snakepits will be sheer delight. The supremely witty and perverse Dr. Crypton has gained an enormous following for his monthly column in Science Digest, tormenting readers with puzzlers on a universe of topics - from common sense, theology, language, and logic to science, sex, and murder! Now it's your turn to take on the good doctor with one of the most ingenious, enjoyable, and exhilarating puzzle books you've ever read! Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Nº de ref. del artículo: 002006

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