The 15 Puzzle Book: How It Drove the World Crazy

by Dic Sonneveld and Jerry Slocum

The 15 Puzzle Book contains an illustrated history of one of the most popular and important mechanical puzzles of all time. It can be argued that the 15 Puzzle in 1880 had the greatest impact on American and European society of any mechanical puzzle the world has ever known. Books by famous mathematicians tell that a deaf mute invented the 15 Puzzle but other sources claim it was invented by Sam Loyd, who Martin Gardner called, America's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890980153
• ISBN13: 9781890980153
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Slocum Puzzle Foundation
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.1"