|
Alien IQ Test (Math & Logic Puzzles) | 
 enlarge | Author: Clifford Pickover
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $6.95
Buy New: $3.40
You Save: $3.55 (51%)
New (13) Used (10) from $1.63
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 1136006
Media: Paperback
Pages: 128
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0486420078
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.73
EAN: 9780486420073
Publication Date: December 19, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New Book! Delivered direct from our US warehouse in 3-6 days (Expedited) or 10-14 days (Standard). Expedited shipping recommended for speedy delivery. Over 1 million satisfied customers.
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Imagine how aliens might test your intelligence. Certainly not with the same tests you took in school. They might give you something like this book--if they were extremely cool aliens. Clifford Pickover uses the storyline of an alien intelligence test to deliver one of the most refreshing puzzle books in years. You'll be tested on logic and general knowledge in most unexpected ways. Alongside the games are thought-provoking quotes pertaining to alien contact, the nature of reality, and our own knowledge of the universe. The result is a game book that's a little eerie, very witty, and utterly addictive.
Product Description
Challenging, provocative exercises in mental acuity test mathematical prowess, abstract reasoning, and even moral sensitivity and human concepts of beauty. Includes such mind-bogglers as "The Omega Prism," "Rubik's Tesseract," "Cosmic Rosetta Stone," "Alien Ants in Hyperspace," "Human Brains in a Jar," and "The Elk Hunter's Abduction." Detailed solutions at the end.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Twists your brain and takes you to a higher plane January 18, 2002
Emily Rosen (New Jersey)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is a marvelous collection of puzzles and artwork meant to take the reader to a higher plane of existence and thinking. The puzzles are varied and test everything from your moral and ethical choices to higher mathematics. I have never seen a puzzle book quite like this, and I love to dip into it over and over again. Good for children and adults. A great onversation piece to bring to parties. Here is the book's table of contents:
Preface
Chapter 1. Who This Book is For Chapter 2. Symbols and Difficulty Levels
Chapter 3. Alien Tiles
Chapter 4. Alien Sperm
Chapter 5. Alien Ellipses
Chapter 6. Alien Repeats
Chapter 7. Alien Matrix
Chapter 8. Internal Organs
Chapter 9. Alien Dissection
Chapter 10. Alien Addition
Chapter 11. Hyperdimensional Sz'kwa
Chapter 12. Alien Spiral
Chapter 13. Survival on Arcturus
Chapter 14. Alien Medallion with Lights
Chapter 15. The Omega Prism
Chapter 16. Alien Worm
Chapter 17. Alien Homoptera
Chapter 18. Star Chart
Chapter 19. Alien Spores 1
Chapter 20. Alien Spores 2
Chapter 21. Alien Spores 3
Chapter 22. Alien Spores 4
Chapter 23. Alien Spores 5
Chapter 24. Rubik's Tesseract
Chapter 25. Animal Eye
Chapter 26. Cosmic Rosetta Stone
Chapter 27. Alien Ants in Hyperspace
Chapter 28. A Severed Human Finger
Chapter 29. The Antikythera Mechanism
Chapter 30. Alien Scrambling
Chapter 31. Alien Aesthetics
Chapter 32. Alien Knowledge and Talent
Chapter 33. The Sagittarius Maneuver
Chapter 34. Siriusian Geometry
Chapter 35. Human Brains in a Jar
Chapter 36. Human Belief Structure
Chapter 37. Contact from the Pleiades
Chapter 38. The Elk Hunter's Abduction
Chapter 39. Loss of Scientific Knowledge
Chapter 40. Aliens and Sprinklers
Chapter 41. Unanswered Questions
Chapter 42. Moral and Emotional Choices of Humans
Chapter 43. Coded Transmission
A fun book, especially for puzzle fanatics June 21, 1998
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
These puzzles are quite challenging, but there is a lot of fun ideas presented. Many puzzles have interesting, quirky asides to entertain and extend the puzzle. These mind-bending puzzles are not traditional, run-of-the-mill types that can be found anywhere. They are original, difficult puzzles that are not easily solved. This book is deceiving: it looks thin, but will keep you occupied for hours.
Unbelievably Compelling. Strange. Fun. May 20, 1998
My friend is a school teacher and uses this book to get her students to think. It's a good puzzle book for all ages. Youngsters can attack some of the easier problems. Adults can try to tackle some of the harder problems. The fantastic alien artwork makes the book of special interest. Anyone who buys this mind-shattering book is sure to change the way they think about the people with whom we share this planet. Wild! My favorite puzzle is called "Survival on Arcturus." Try it.
Fascinating! April 14, 1998
The Alien IQ Test was fascinating reading. I especially liked some of the puzzles toward the end dealing with art and human emotion!
"Ingenious twist by the master..." - T. Pappas May 12, 1997
"If earthly problems and puzzles have become too mundane for you -- match wits with those in Pickover's new and literally far out The Alien IQ Test. Another ingenious twist by a master of puzzles and brainteasers." - Theoni Pappas, author of The Joy of Mathematics
|
|
|
| |
