The 15 Puzzle book and metal puzzle packaged together. Save AUD 8.00.
PUZZLE
The puzzle is to solve the more than 30 challenges by sliding the numbers around to make different number patterns.
This puzzle is a faithful reproduction of the original Fifteen Puzzle which was sold during the 1930's called "The IMP".
The puzzle has smooth sliding stainless steel tiles with decorative enamel facings. It comes with an Instruction Booklet outlining more than 30 different challenges and a handy travel case to keep your puzzle and the booklet in.
Size of puzzle: 60mm x 60mm x 5mm
The numbers 14 & 15 cannot be reversed in this puzzle to make the puzzle impossible. This phenomenon described in the book "The 15 Puzzle".
BOOK
Written by Jerry Slocum and Dic Sonneveld. Published by The Slocum Puzzle Foundation.
ISBN 1 890980 15 3 First published in 2006
144 full colour glossy pages Hard cover
The story of the puzzle that started the craze of 1880 and how America's greatest puzzle designer, Sam Loyd, fooled everyone for 115 years!
From the Foreword by Will Shortz: 
" In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Sam Loyd, the great American puzzle genius, freely used others' puzzles without credit, passing them off as his own." ....
"Both claims, though, were repeated so often and so widely that they were often accepted, and this 'information' can still be found in standard references today." ....
"It's a wonderful story, which Jerry Slocum and Dic Sonneveld reveal in this surprising, entertaining, and painstakingly researched book, is completely untrue." ....
"They refute Loyd's cliam to the puzzle's invention. Then identify the real inventor, track the puzzle's long, twisted route to market, and explain why the inventor's name has essentially remained a secret for 125 years" ....
The chapters in the book cover: 
>The Fifteen Puzzle craze
>Literature on the History and Solutions 1880-1900
>Who invented the fifteen puzzle?
>Did Sam Loyd invent the fifteen puzzle?
>Did a deaf mute in Hartford invent the fifteen puzzle?
>Did a New York postmaster invent the fifteen puzzle?
>Were solvers of the fifteen puzzle driven insane?
>The lasting impact of the fifteen puzzle craze
Size: 210mm x 260mm
Click here to read short Biography Jerry Slocum
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