Fun Tasks

The series "Palmyra - Riddles and Puzzles" is an excellent intellectual workout for the brain: original, effective, and not boring. Test your abilities by solving puzzles, uncovering mysteries, and tackling engaging tasks. Take an informative and enjoyable "run" through all areas of knowledge - from history, geography, and mathematics to criminology, electronics, and literature. Yakov Perelman, one of the founders of the genre of popular science literature, had a unique ability to explain the most complex subjects and phenomena in an accessible and captivating way. Perelman's books have always been hugely popular. We present to your attention a collection of tasks compiled by him: here you will find mathematical puzzles, questions from the fields of physics, logic, social studies, games with objects, tricks, and optical illusions, through which you will learn to find non-standard solutions, develop your observation skills and spatial imagination. This collection will be interesting both for beginner mathematicians taking their first steps in this wonderful science and for adult readers.