Mathematical Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzles

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Tags

Critical Thinking Courses Probability Courses Arithmetic Courses

Course Description

Overview

An award-winning author, mathematician, and puzzle enthusiast shows you how to master tricky brain teasers, solve challenging riddles, and increase your chances of winning games.

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: Why We Love Puzzles
02: Thinking outside the Box
03: You Don’t Need No Algebra!
04: Knights, Knaves, and Normals
05: Lewis Carroll’s Game
06: Question Puzzles and Coercive Logic
07: The Saga of the Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever
08: The Muddy Children Puzzle
09: The Perils of Probability
10: A New Look at the Monty Hall Problem
11: Arithmetic Amusements
12: Algorithmic Puzzles

Taught by

Jason Rosenhouse

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