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Puzzles for Programmers and Pros View Larger Image | Dennis E. Shasha
Wrox Press, Paperback, Published April 2007, 240 pages, ISBN 0470121688 | List Price: $24.99
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*Aimed at both working programmers who are applying for a job where puzzles
are an integral part of the interview, as well as techies who just love a good
puzzle, this book offers a cache of exciting puzzles
* Features a new series of puzzles, never before published, called elimination
puzzles that have a pedagogical aim of helping the reader solve an entire class
of Sudoku-like puzzles
* Provides the tools to solve the puzzles by hand and computer
* The first part of each chapter presents a puzzle; the second part shows readers
how to solve several classes of puzzles algorithmically; the third part asks
the reader to solve a mystery involving codes, puzzles, and geography
* Comes with a unique bonus: if readers actually solve the mystery, they have
a chance to win a prize, which will be promoted on wrox.com!
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Part I. Mind Games.
Part II. The Secret of the Puzzle.
Part III. Faithful Foes.
Index.
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