Puzzles for Programmers and Pros

Aimed at both working programmers who are applying for a job where puzzles are an integral part of the interview, as well as tech geeks who just love a good puzzle, this book offers a cache of exciting puzzles.

It features a new series of puzzles, never before published, called elimination puzzles that have a pedagogical aim of helping the reader solve an entire class of Sudoku-like puzzles.

The first part of each chapter presents a puzzle; the second part shows readers how to solve several classes of puzzles algorithmically; the third part asks the reader to solve a mystery involving codes, puzzles, and geography.

It comes with a unique bonus: if readers actually solve the mystery, they have a chance to win a prize, which will be promoted on wrox.com!