Tic Tac Test

Beat the Book at Noughts and Crosses
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-10342-4
Verlag: A K Peters/CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 80 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 247 g

Reihe: AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series

At last, a tic-tac-toe computer that needs no electrical power! Tic Tac Test: Beat the Book at Noughts and Crosses is an interactive book that will test your logic skills. The computer will sometimes randomise its responses so you’ll never get bored. Either you or the computer can start first but you’ll have to keep your wits about you or it will leave you scratching your head!

Daily Telegraph enigmatologist Barry R. Clarke has created this entertaining noughts-and-crosses program to challenge your thinking skills. Whether you’re a young student interested in mastering the strategy of the game, or an older person wanting to keep your brain in shape, playing through these games will certainly fine tune your concentration.

Features

- No knowledge of mathematics is required

- Allows the computer or the reader to start first

- Randomised computer responses increase the game variation

- A translator wheel expands the number of possible games

- Navigating through the logic develops concentration.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clarke, Barry R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Hobbies & Spiele
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Operations Research Spieltheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Populäre Darstellungen der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The translator wheel

Chapter 3. Play the game

Chapter 4. Sample game

Über Autor(innen)

Barry R. Clarke has published over 1,800 puzzles in The Daily Telegraph and has contributed enigmas to New Scientist, The Sunday Times, Reader’s Digest, The Sunday Telegraph, and Prospect magazine. He has written 11 puzzle books with Challenging Logic Puzzles Mensa selling over 100,000 copies. As well as a PhD in Shakespeare Studies, Barry has published peer-reviewed papers and academic books in quantum physics. His other skills include mathematics tutor, film-maker, comedy-sketch writer, cartoonist, computer programmer, and blues guitarist! For more information please visit the following:

http://barryispuzzled.com and https://www.youtube.com/@barryispuzzled