In 1978, Jerry Slocum assembled the first International Puzzle Party in his living room. Now it’s a global event.
Tag: Puzzles
You Won’t See Them at the Olympics, but These Speed Puzzlers Are World-Class
Puzzling has been around for more than 250 years, but a budding tournament featuring participants from more than 75 countries in Spain is giving it new life.
Da Vinci’s Been Dead for 500 Years. Who Gets to Profit from His Work?
Italian officials and a German puzzle maker are battling over a 1,000-piece puzzle bearing the image of the artist’s “Vitruvian Man.”
Elusive ‘Einstein’ Solves a Longstanding Math Problem
And it all began with a hobbyist “messing about and experimenting with shapes.”
The Quest to Find Rectangles in a Square
A puzzle posted in an online community unlocked a wormhole within the basic shape.
A New Puzzle Turns Earth Into a Rubik’s Cube, but More Complex
Continental Drift is one of Henry Segerman’s latest efforts to make mathematics “real.”
They’re Taking Jigsaw Puzzles to Infinity and Beyond
In upstate New York, two algorithmic artists make wooden puzzles inspired by natural forms.
Maki Kaji, the ‘Godfather of Sudoku,’ Is Dead at 69
Mr. Kaji, a university dropout, turned a numbers game into one of the world’s most popular logic puzzles.
Is This Some Kind of Code? You Can Solve the …
Erik and Martin Demaine, a father-and-son team of “algorithmic typographers,” have confected an entire suite of mathematically inspired typefaces.
Here’s How Those Hot Jigsaw Puzzles Are Made
The coronavirus has sent businesses racing as demand surges past levels seen at Christmas.