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Review title: An excellent collection of alphametics.
Product review: One of the most simple and enjoyable problems in mathematics are the doubly-true alphametics. These are problems that are a combination of words that make up a correct expression in a language as well as a valid arithmetic operation when the letters are uniquely replaced by digits. The name of the book is an alphametic, where the titleTAKE + A + LOOK + AT + A + GOOD = BOOKyields the solution3895 + 8 + 1009 + 83 + 8 + 2006 = 7009among others.The author is the reigning expert in alphametics, having been the editor of the alphametics column of Journal of Recreational Mathematics for many years. This book is a collection of some of the best problems that Kahan has created or encountered over the years. The problems are not hard, simply requiring knowledge of basic algebra and a little tenacity to solve them. If you enjoy mathematical puzzles, then this is a book that will interest you.
