The Chicken From Minsk: And 99 Other Infuriating Challenging Brain Teasers From The Great T

by Yuri B. Chernyak, Robert M. Rose

The brainy and infuriatingly fun-to-solve problems that have kept the best Russian math and physics students biting their pencils as far back as the time of the czars.

Genres: Science, Mathematics

208 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1995

Reviews

[Kursad Albayraktaroglu · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent collection of Russian science and engineering puzzles used by the famous MIT Concourse program. A former Concourse member recommended this book to me, and I am glad I discovered it. A warning - this is not your father’s casual sudoku book : many of the puzzles require at least a quick review of freshman physics and some understanding of calculus. Overall, an excellent distraction from pandemic blues.

[Vincent Ho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly, this book took me by surprise! Through asking simple questions that relate to our everyday life, it encourages readers to think more deeply into the physics that underpin natural phenomena. Although some questions can be confusing at times, most of them are short and most importantly fun to attempt. They are serve to exercise the readers' scientific minds, testing them whether they can apply knowledge to unfamiliar situations. I often find myself stuck on simple questions, but peering into the solutions has opened up new ways of thinking which also prompts me to look at areas of interest that I have never come across before. Solid read!

[Lulu Пух · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone should own this book! An exquisite collection of best brainteasers!