Cube: The Ultimate Guide to the World's Best-Selling Puzzle: Secrets, Stories, Solutions

Just in time to satisfy the kids of all ages who received Rubik's Cubes as gifts, here is the book to ensure that the gift won't go unused (or unsolved) and will help with logic, brain dexterity, and memory.

Puzzle Masters Jerry Slocum, David Singmaster, Dieter Gebhardt, Wei-Hwa Huang, and Geert Hellings, share their expertise on the greatest puzzle ever created. Not only does The Cube provide dozens of strategies for competitive cubing, including speed cubing, it also shows you how to solve every kind of cube that exists: the Mini Cube 2x2x2; the Classic 3x3x3; the Rubik's Revenge 4x4x4; the Professor's Cube 5x5x5; and the largest cubes available, the V-Cube 6 6x6x6 and the V-Cube 7 7x7x7. The book even includes modular instructions for cubes of any potential size! All solutions are fully illustrated with all-new, easy-to-follow instructions created specially for this book.

This unique book also includes a fascinating history of the Rubik's Cube from its invention in 1974 by Ernöbik to the '80s craze to its resurgence today, including dozens of rare photographs of vintage cubes, ephemera, and more!

Packed with color photos from Jerry Slocum's extensive and unique collection of mechanical puzzles, The Cube is a must-have companion to the ultimate brainteaser.

Author: Dieter Gebhardt, Geert Hellings, Wei-Hwa Huang
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.54h x 7.88w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9781579128050

About the Author
Dieter Gebhardt has published over seventy articles on puzzles and is considered a leading expert in the field of rotational puzzles.

Geert Hellings began collecting rotational puzzles in the early nineties and is currently the President of NKC, the Nederlandse Kubus Club (Dutch Cube Club), an association with 500 members from all over the world.

Wei-Hwa Huang is a four-time World Puzzle Champion and one of the first few people in the world to have solved an actual 6x6x6 and 7x7x7 Cube.


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