This book is for those who need to brush up on their puzzle-solving skills, an integral part of the programming job interview. The book also is for those who love puzzles and challenges, especially those in the technology field. There is a significant cache of new puzzles similar to those Dr. Shasha has published in Scientific American and Dr. Dobbs. Any and all puzzles previously published have all new solutions and enhancements. There is a new series of puzzles, never before published, called elimination puzzles that have a pedagogical aim of helping the readers solve an entire class of Sudoku-like puzzles.
Part I. Mind Games
Part II. The Secret of the Puzzle
Part III. Faithful Foes