Puzzles & Bets
| Creators | Title | Comments & References | Year | Source | Page | AA | Categories | |
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| C. H. Wilson | A Few Curious Facts in Figures | 1877 | ||||||
| Scherz-Fragen | Mar. 1895 |
Die Zauberwelt
(Vol. 1 No. 3)
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| Ein Zahlenscherz | Aug. 1896 |
Die Zauberwelt
(Vol. 2 No. 8)
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| Die 36 Nullen | Nov. 1899 |
Die Zauberwelt
(Vol. 5 No. 11)
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| Ein Zahlenscherz | 1900 | |||||||
| Die 36 Nullen | 1900 | |||||||
| Ein Zahlen-Kuriosum | Dec. 1901 |
Die Zauberwelt
(Vol. 7 No. 12)
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| Das Piquet zu Pferde | Nov. 1902 |
Die Zauberwelt
(Vol. 8 No. 11)
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| E. H. Borden | Horses - A Number Quickie | May 1947 |
The Phoenix
(Issue 126)
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| Two Math Ticklers | 1953 |
Ireland's Yearbooks
(Issue Yearbook 1953)
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| Mel Stover* | Herman the Hobo | June 1955 |
Ibidem
(Issue 1)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle Solution: Herman the Hobo | Aug. 1955 |
Ibidem
(Issue 2)
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| Mel Stover* | Betcha | Aug. 1955 |
Ibidem
(Issue 2)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle: Lewis Carroll | Aug. 1955 |
Ibidem
(Issue 2)
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| Tom Ransom | Crazy Tom Ransom Reads Books | Nov. 1955 |
Ibidem
(Issue 4)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle Solution: Lewis Carroll | Nov. 1955 |
Ibidem
(Issue 4)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle: Sugar Lumps | July 1956 |
Ibidem
(Issue 6)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle Solution: Sugar Lumps | Sep. 1956 |
Ibidem
(Issue 7)
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| Martin Gardner* | Puzzle: Smith's Dilemma | Sep. 1956 |
Ibidem
(Issue 7)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle: Twin Matching | Dec. 1956 |
Ibidem
(Issue 8)
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| Max Katz | A teaser | 1957 | ||||||
| Mel Stover* | Puzzle Solution: Twin Matching | Mar. 1957 |
Ibidem
(Issue 9)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle: Bananastand | Sep. 1957 |
Ibidem
(Issue 11)
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| Tom Ransom | A Puzzle From The Future! | Sep. 1957 |
Ibidem
(Issue 11)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle Solution: Bananastand | Dec. 1957 |
Ibidem
(Issue 12)
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| Tom Ransom | Puzzle Solution: Puzzle From The Future! | Dec. 1957 |
Ibidem
(Issue 12)
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| Royal Vale Heath | Number Challenge | Dec. 1957 |
Ibidem
(Issue 12)
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| Stewart James, H. E. Dudeney, Max Katz | Nic's Trick | Mar. 1958 |
Ibidem
(Issue 13)
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| Thomas M. Harris | On the Mind | Sep. 1958 |
Ibidem
(Issue 14)
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| Tom Ransom | Puzzle: Big Casino | Mar. 1959 |
Ibidem
(Issue 16)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle: V. A. Hospital | July 1959 |
Ibidem
(Issue 17)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle Solution: V. A. Hospital | Oct. 1959 |
Ibidem
(Issue 18)
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| P. Howard Lyons | Stuff Page | Oct. 1959 |
Ibidem
(Issue 18)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle Solution: Big Casino | Oct. 1959 |
Ibidem
(Issue 18)
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| Mel Stover* | Puzzle: Junior Chemist | Dec. 1959 |
Ibidem
(Issue 19)
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| Mel Stover*, Leo Moser, P. Howard Lyons, Martin Gardner* | A Short Shot | May 1960 |
Ibidem
(Issue 20)
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| Tom Ransom | Puzzle: Ounces & Mugs | June 1960 |
Ibidem
(Issue 21)
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| P. Howard Lyons | Puzzle: Smart Magic: Seven from Eleven | Oct. 1960 |
Ibidem
(Issue 22)
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| F. William Kuethe, Jr. | Number Puzzle | Apr. 1963 |
Ibidem
(Issue 28)
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| P. Howard Lyons, Mel Stover* | On Various Puzzles | Aug. 1963 |
Ibidem
(Issue 29)
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| Mel Stover* | Kiss | Nov. 1964 |
Ibidem
(Issue 30)
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| Max Katz | Arithmetical Progression | Nov. 1964 |
The New Jinx
(Vol. 3 No. 31)
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| Max Katz | Solution to Max Katz's Progression | Dec. 1964 |
The New Jinx
(Vol. 3 No. 32)
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| Norman Houghton | Letter: Gambling Proposition | Dec. 1965 |
Ibidem
(Issue 31)
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| John Benzais | Sandstorm | June 1965 |
The New Jinx
(Vol. 4 No. 38)
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| L. Vosburgh Lyons, Thomas Alan Waters | Mathematically Inclined | Sep. 1966 |
The Pallbearers Review
(Vol. 1 No. 11)
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| Mel Stover* | Penny Pick-up | July 1968 |
Ibidem
(Issue 33)
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| Will Ayling | The Story Teller | 1969 | ||||||
| Alan Holoch | Paradoxical | Aug. 1970 |
Talisman
(Vol. 1 No. 23)
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| Paradoxical Revisited | Sep. 1970 |
Talisman
(Vol. 1 No. 27)
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| Age And Pocket Change Number Gag | 1972 | |||||||
| Ken De Courcy | Only Heaven (and Einstein) Knows! | 1973 | ||||||
| , Alex Elmsley, Tony Faro, Ed Schuman | Festive Fun | Dec. 1975 |
Pabular
(Vol. 2 No. 4)
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| Peter "Cartier" Struppler | 3+4+5+6=28 | 1975 |
Hokus Pokus
(Vol. 36 No. 1)
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| Ken De Courcy | Sheik a Leg | 1975 | ||||||
| Ken De Courcy | Sheik Another Leg | 1975 | ||||||
| Odd-Even Bet | 1975 | |||||||
| Gerald Kosky | Sholim Ali Kim | 1975 | ||||||
| Charles T. Jordan | A Pair of Mathematical Diversions | 1975 | ||||||
| Ralph L. Erlewine | The Seven Dwarfs | 1976 | ||||||
| E. Leslie May | The Charlie Chronicles | 1976 | ||||||
| E. Leslie May | Discount Coffee | 1976 | ||||||
| Word-Number Puzzle | 1976 | |||||||
| Missing Ten Pounds Puzzle | 1976 | |||||||
| Where There's A Will There's A Way | 1976 | |||||||
| Eight Eights Equal Thousand | 1976 | |||||||
| L. Vosburgh Lyons | Vosburgh Lyons Puzzle | 1979 |
Interlocutor
(Issue 29)
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| Sam Schwartz | From Sam Schwartz | 1979 |
Interlocutor
(Issue 31)
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| Verschiedenes | Mar. 1980 |
Intermagic
(Vol. 7 No. 1)
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| Edmund Rowland | Zifferntricks | Nov. 1980 |
Intermagic
(Vol. 7 No. 3)
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| Karl Fulves* | The Academy's I.Q. Test | 1982 | ||||||
| Jules Lenier | Ten Penny Impromptu Quickie | 1982 | ||||||
| Mark of the Beast | 1983 | |||||||
| L. Vosburgh Lyons | Mathematically Inclined | 1983 | ||||||
| Add and Subtract | 1983 | |||||||
| The Root of the Problem | 1983 | |||||||
| Haunted Hotel | 1983 | |||||||
| Arithmetrick | 1983 | |||||||
| Contrary Clock | 1983 | |||||||
| Mountain Time | 1983 | |||||||
| Significant Digits | 1983 | |||||||
| Unwritten Rule | 1983 | |||||||
| Unequals | 1983 | |||||||
| What's Next | 1983 | |||||||
| Cryptarithms | 1983 | |||||||
| Eve Did Talk | 1983 | |||||||
| Orderly Transition | 1983 | |||||||
| Naming Numbers | 1983 | |||||||
| Zebra Algebra | 1983 | |||||||
| L. Vosburgh Lyons | Fidget Digits | 1983 | ||||||
| Strange Symbols | 1983 | |||||||
| Catch Questions | 1983 | |||||||
| Scrambled States | 1983 | |||||||
| Puzzle Parts | 1983 | |||||||
| Six Quik | 1983 | |||||||
| Who Pays? | 1983 | |||||||
| The Monkey and the Coconuts | 1983 | |||||||
| A Dollar You Can't | 1983 | |||||||
| A Dollar I Can | 1983 | |||||||
| The Fortune 100 | 1983 | |||||||
| Bamboozled | 1983 | |||||||
| Portable Poker | 1983 | |||||||
| Telefooled | 1983 | |||||||
| License-Plate Showdown | 1983 | |||||||
| Geldschwindel | Aug. 1983 |
Intermagic
(Vol. 10 No. 2)
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| Ernest W. Brady | Die Erbschaft | Jan. 1984 |
Intermagic
(Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
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| Martin Gardner* | Dollar Bill Game | 1985 |
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic
(Issue 1)
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| Karl Fulves* | Counting | 1985 |
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic
(Issue 2)
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| Karl Fulves* | How Much | 1985 |
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic
(Issue 3)
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| Karl Fulves* | Crypto Coins | 1985 |
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic
(Issue 4)
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| Karl Fulves* | Improbable | 1985 |
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic
(Issue 6)
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| Karl Fulves* | Another Quarter | 1985 |
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic
(Issue 6)
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| Karl Fulves* | Gypsy Swindle | 1985 |
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic
(Issue 7)
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| Rudolf Braunmüller | Kuriositäten | Oct. 1987 |
Intermagic
(Vol. 13 No. 1)
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| Mel Stover* | Answer to Stover's Equation Puzzle | Sep. 1989 |
Epoptica
(Issue 12)
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| J. W. Sarles | Spin Out | 1991 |
Swindle Sheet
(Issue 4)
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| Karl Fulves* | Fixed Bets | 1991 |
Swindle Sheet
(Issue 5)
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| J. W. Sarles | Spin Out | 1991 | ||||||
| Philip T. Goldstein* | Calcium | 1994 | ||||||
| Bob Farmer | The Unbreakable Bank | July 1994 |
MAGIC
(Vol. 3 No. 11)
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| Bob Farmer | Through a Glass Markly | Aug. 1994 |
MAGIC
(Vol. 3 No. 12)
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| Bob Farmer | The Four Sevens | Nov. 1994 |
MAGIC
(Vol. 4 No. 3)
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| Roy Miller | Borderline Genius | May 1994 |
Vibrations
(Vol. 16 No. 11)
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| Karl Fulves* | Funny Money | 1995 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 2)
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| Mel Stover* | False Odds | Apr. 1995 |
MAGIC
(Vol. 4 No. 8)
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| Bob Farmer | A Penny For Your Thoughts | Oct. 1995 |
MAGIC
(Vol. 5 No. 2)
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| Bob Farmer | The Third Scam... A Column To Honor Martin Gardner | Jan. 1996 |
MAGIC
(Vol. 5 No. 5)
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| Karl Fulves*, Derek Lever, Ralph W. Hull, Nate Leipzig | Dot Com... | 1997 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 5)
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| William P. Miesel | A Square Deal | 1997 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 6)
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| Milton Kort | Seven Come Eleven | 1997 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 6)
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| Eddie Fields | Where Can I Get A Cheap Cigar? | 1997 | ||||||
| Johnny Riek, The Upside-Down Man | 1997 | |||||||
| Mel Bennett | Quiz Whiz | 1998 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 7)
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| Karl Fulves* | The Sevens Puzzle | 1998 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 7)
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| Word Ways | 1998 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 8)
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| Matching Matches | 1998 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 8)
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| Mel Bennett | More Sevens | 1998 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 8)
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| Robert K. Stevenson | Still More 7's | 1998 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 9)
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| Rätsel gefällig? | 1998 |
Intermagic
(Vol. 22 No. 1)
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| Rätsel gefällig? | 1998 |
Intermagic
(Vol. 22 No. 2)
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| Karl Fulves* | Short Cons | 1998 | ||||||
| Karl Fulves* | Bet A Hundred | 1998 | ||||||
| Martin Gardner* | Five x Five | 1999 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 10)
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| P. Howard Lyons | Sevens from Elevens | 1999 |
The Fine Print
(Issue 10)
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| Karl Fulves* | Passing The Buck | 1999 |
Charlatan
(Issue 1)
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| Rudolf Braunmüller | Ein Liebestest | 2000 |
Intermagic
(Vol. 24 No. 1)
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| Number Puzzle | 2003 |
Latter Day Secrets
(Issue 8)
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| Crap Game Puzzle | 2003 |
Latter Day Secrets
(Issue 8)
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| Mel Bennett | Jailbird Jack | 2004 |
Discoverie
(Issue 9)
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| Karl Fulves* | Pilgrim's Progress | 2004 |
Discoverie
(Issue 9)
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| Norman Beck | Hotel Bills | Aug. 2005 |
Antinomy
(Vol. 1 No. 3)
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| Martin Gardner* | Four by Martin Gardner | 2007 |
Prolix
(Issue 3)
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| Roberto Giobbi | Hand and Finger Puzzle | Oct. 2007 |
Genii
(Vol. 70 No. 10)
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| Karl Fulves* | Estate of Mind | 2008 |
Prolix
(Issue 5)
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| Juan Tamariz | How to Win Impossible Bets | 2008 | ||||||
| Roberto Giobbi | Four Number Problems | 2010 |
Secret Agenda
(Issue Aug 15)
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| Number Puzzles | 2010 |
Secret Agenda
(Issue Sep 29)
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| Karl Fulves* | Double-Digit Dice | 2010 |
Prolix
(Issue 7)
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| Román García | El Juego que Yo no le Haria a Dai Vernon | 2010 | ||||||
| Karl Fulves* | Ledger-demain | 2011 |
Prolix
(Issue 9)
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| The Beer-Drinking Puzzle | 2012 |
Prolix
(Issue 10)
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| Gregory Wilson | Missing Dollar Swindle | Sep. 2012 |
MAGIC
(Vol. 22 No. 1)
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| Michael Weber | Self-Service Lunch | 2012 | ||||||
| David Regal | The Secret | 2019 | ||||||
| Chris Wardle | Coin Conundrum | Jan. 2022 |
Genii
(Vol. 85 No. 1)
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| Roberto Giobbi | The Problem of the Seventeen Card Camels | 2024 |
Unexpected Agenda
(Issue Dec. 22)
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