Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

This Is All You Have to Know

Who Is Number One?

1The Lay of the Land

2Simple Does Not Mean Easy to Do

3Gamesmanship

4Safe Landings

5Believe It or Not

6Science, Math … and Baseball

7The Case for Logic

8A Short Math Miscellany and a Final Thought …

Twenty-Five of the World’s Greatest Brainteasers, Plus Two

Index