{"product_id":"so-you-think-youve-got-problems","title":"Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers","description":"\u003cb\u003ePut your wits—and survival instincts—to the test!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Publisher’s Note: \u003ci\u003ePerilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e was previously published in the UK under the title \u003ci\u003eSo You Think You’ve Got Problems?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePerilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers,\u003c\/i\u003e Alex Bellos collects 125 of the world’s greatest stumpers—many dangerous to your person, and \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e dangerous to your pride. Brace yourself to wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry, and scramble for survival. For example . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTen lions and a sheep are in a pen. Any lion who eats the sheep will fall asleep. A sleeping lion will be eaten by another lion, who falls asleep in turn. If the lions are all perfect logicians, what happens?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bellos pairs his fiendish brainteasers with fascinating history, so you’ll meet Alcuin, Sam Loyd, and other puzzle masters of yore—in between deranged despots and wily jailers with an unaccountable taste for riddles. Will \u003ci\u003eyou \u003c\/i\u003emake it out alive? \u003ci\u003eAnd what about the sheep?\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"9781615197187","offer_id":31486932418640,"sku":"9781615197187","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"9781615197194","offer_id":31889506369616,"sku":"9781615197194","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1210\/1100\/products\/9781615197194-optimized.jpg?v=1670908493","url":"https:\/\/workman-feed-prod.myshopify.com\/products\/so-you-think-youve-got-problems","provider":"zzz_Workman Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}