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Title: The Tangram Book by Jerry Slocum, Jacob Botermans, Dieter Gebhardt, Monica Ma, Xiaohe Ma, Harold Raizer, Dic Sonneveld, Carla van Splunteren ISBN: 1-4027-0413-5 Publisher: Sterling Pub. Date: 28 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: And I thought I knew something about Tangrams...
Comment: I have been solving Tangrams for over 50 years and have amassed a modest collection of Tangrams and books about Tangrams.However,until I found this book,I didn't realize how little I knew about them or how modest my little collection was.Up till now I thought the Penguin publication of Joost Elffers book including 1600 puzzles,plus the packaged set published by Stewart,Tabori & Chang in 1997; the Dover publication of Ronald Read's ;as well as the beautifully packaged sets by Crawford were about all that could be done on the subject.
Not so; Slocum has produced a magnificent book and has created the new definitive book on Tangrams.
I used to think there might be as many as 3000 possible problems.Slocum informs that Harold Raizer studied 104 books and card sets and of the more than 20,000 problems found 5900 different problems published before 1926.
Slocum has covered all the history and separated fact from fiction.He has reviewed all the major publications produced worldwide and included many photographs that nobody could possibly see without visiting museums and private collections around the world.His Bibliography and References is simply amazing with about 250 entries.
On top of that he has given us 1756 problems to work on as well as providing the solutions.Even here ,he hs done a superb job of selecting these promlems from the landmark books published over the years.
The high quality of the printing,color rendering and overall construction mirrors the high quality of the content of the book.
The title "The Tangram Book" tells it all;that's what this book will become.
On behalf of Puzzle lovers,and particulary Tangram lovers,I would like to congratulate Jerry Slocum and Sterling on their brilliant effort.
Rating: 5
Summary: Complete history and lots of problems
Comment: A tangram puzzle is one where you take a specific set of seven wooden pieces (called the tans) and put them together to construct a figure. The rules of construction are simple:
*All seven pieces must be used.
*The pieces cannot overlap.
*The constructed figure must exactly match the desired figure.
These puzzles have a long, and sometimes inaccurately rendered history. It has been said that Napoleon Bonaparte whiled away the hours by constructing tangram figures.
Slocum has spent a great deal of time and effort in determining the true history of the tangram puzzles, and the first ninety nine pages are devoted to the history of the tangram. Originally invented in China, it moved out into the world as the Europeans constructed their empires. For some time in the early nineteenth century, there was a tangram craze in Europe, and the book displays cartoons depicting people neglecting their spouses, children and other relationships while they attempt to solve tangram puzzles. This history is thorough and quite unique, demonstrating the powerful human need for quality, mind-stretching entertainment.
The remainder of the book is a collection of over 2,000 tangram puzzles, with solutions. These problems have been culled from books of problems that have been published in the last two hundred years. Unless you have a phenomenal flair for these puzzles, you could spend the greater part of your life immersed in them. Everything from a sailboat to a waiter carrying a tray can be constructed from tangrams.
There are no doubt tangram problems that do not appear in this collection, so it is not possible to consider it complete. Nevertheless, the number and range of problems makes this the authoritative work on tangrams and one that everyone interested in puzzles should read. Furthermore, they make an excellent tool for the teaching of basic geometry and spatial relationships.
Published in the recreational mathematics e-mail newsletter, reprinted with permission.
Rating: 5
Summary: THE Tangram book to have!
Comment: Jerry Slocum and his team have done a fantastic job of pulling ALL the available known information about the Tangram puzzle into one gorgeous book. The research is extensive, the illustrations are plentiful and the pictures are supurb. This is a must-have for anyone interested in this classic seven piece puzzle that has intrigued puzzlers for hundreds of years.
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Title: Tangrams : 330 Puzzles by Ronald C. Read ISBN: 0486214834 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1965 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Fun with Tangrams Kit by Susan Johnston ISBN: 0486234363 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1977 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: New Book of Puzzles: 101 Classic and Modern Puzzles to Make and Solve by Jerry Slocum, Jack Botermans, Jack Bottermans ISBN: 0716723565 Publisher: W H Freeman & Co. Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert ISBN: 0517885581 Publisher: Dragonfly Pub. Date: 12 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: New Wood Puzzle Designs by James W. Follette, James W. Follette M.D. ISBN: 0941936570 Publisher: Linden Publishing Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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