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Puzzles for Programmers and Pros (Paperback)
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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (15 May 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0470121688
ISBN-13: 978-0470121689
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 1.3 cm
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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 121,748 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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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 Sudokulike 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!

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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. It 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. It 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. It comes with a unique bonus: if readers actually solve the mystery, they have a chance to win a prize.