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The Guardian - World News

The Guardian - World News

Title Can you solve it? Are you smarter than a Navy admiral? Source The Guardian - World News
Description

A trio of tricky teasers

Tanya Khovanova is a luminary of the recreational mathematics scene. She is one of its foremost bloggers and also runs Number Gossip, a site where you can submit a number and she “will tell you everything you want to know about it but were afraid to ask.”

Tanya has now written her first book, Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities, in collaboration with two other puzzle enthusiasts, Ivo David and Yogev Shpilman. It’s packed with fantastic new puzzles and twists on old ones.

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Link https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/13/can-you-solve-it-are-you-smarter-than-a-navy-admiral Published At 2026-04-13 02:10:13 (1 month ago)
Created At 2026-04-13 02:22:15 Updated At 2026-04-13 03:18:17