This week in the books podcast, I talk to Alex Bellos, author of the superbly engrossing Can You Solve My Problems?, about mathematical and logical puzzles: what they can teach us, the oddballs who invent them, and the pleasure that they offer.
Plus, a first for this podcast, we’ll be setting a brain-teaser at the beginning for you to solve in real time. And who knows: you may even learn who owns the zebra…*
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*You won’t learn who owns the zebra.
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