Kommen drei Logiker in eine Bar

Count on an unknown! Following his bestselling books "The More Holes, the Less Cheese" and "Zeros Make Ones Big," science journalist and math enthusiast Holger Dambeck once again takes us into the fascinating world of mathematical and logical puzzles. The exciting aspect of a well-crafted riddle is that there is no obvious solution. This makes Dambeck's credo all the more important: "There are indeed rules. But those who truly want to have fun will get creative." In "Three Logicians Walk into a Bar ...," Dambeck, who has been the author of the popular Spiegel Online column "Puzzle of the Week" since 2014, presents his personal collection of the 100 most beautiful logic and number puzzles: How do the womanizer Casanova and mathematics become a dream team? How many matches are played in the world's largest table tennis tournament in Ping-Pong Town? And what do three logicians actually do when they...