Wrinby a challenge of the tangram, the original “Chinese puzzle,” lies in your at arrange seven geometrical pieces—a square, a rhomboid, and five triangles: variety of different shapes, Collected by Sam Loyd, America’s great puzzle expert, these 700 endlessly absorbing tangrams offer hours of mind- expanding amusement. Sam Loyd's The Book of Tangrams is also a tribute to this tricky and intriguing puzzle. In a famous and delightful spoof of the tangram's history, Loyd includes running commentary ‘on the popular puzzle’s origins in ancient China, its religious significance, and its relation to the Pythagorean theorem. But don't let the amusing dialogue fool you! The puzzles are genuine challenges. If you've ever tried your hand at tangrams before, you're probably already addicted to their limitless possibilities. 'you haven't, this classic puzzle potpourri will have you hooked in no time! Solutions are included. WWW.DOVERPUBLICATIONS.COMCALNESE ance amh Sy Sam "Lovo According to encyclopedia lore, the game of Tangrams is of very ancient origin, and has been played in China for upward of 4.000 years, somewhat in the nature of a national pastime. It consists of seven flat pieces of wood, cut upon the geometrical angles of 45 and 90 degrees, with straight edges which fit together so as to produce a variety of changes which baifles the science of mathematics to compute. Webster's Dictionary merely mentions Tangrams as being used in primary schools for elementary kindergarten instruction. According to one authority, “the simple shapes are eminently suitable for illustrating a limited number of plane geometrical figures.” ‘the aim of this work is to show the unlimited range of those possibilities, and to explain, in the language of truthful James: “Which I wish to remark— And my language is plain— ‘That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, ‘The heathen Chinee is peculiar: ‘Which the same I would rise to explain:™* +The Heathen Chin’ originally published as "Plain Language fom Taf James by Beek. artein Overland Months Seperber 1870 1