The Blind Bidder's Eye, Oscar's second book, appeared in August 2015. It is a magical realism thriller involving a father and his teenage son whose lives spiral into chaos when the boy stumbles across a curious item belonging to an 18th century genius. The novel sends the reader on an exciting, bumpy path through the son’s humorous tribulations at his Manhattan high school, a singular Wall Street business of blind bidding, and the mind of Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), a mathematician historically known to have lost an eye due to mental exertion. Click on the image for a preview. ♦
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In December of 2013, Oscar published a recreational mathematics book, Sudoku Stories: History, Art and Science in 101 Designer Puzzles. The novelty of the book, written with a co-author Olivier Nicolas, rests upon the contained puzzles' pictorially representing objects rather than being just tables of randomly placed numbers. The 101 designs are accompanied by articles on the related and timely topics. The book comes in two formats: an 8.5'' x 11'' album, and a "pocket" volume 5'' x 8'' in size. Click on the image for a high quality preview. ♦
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Rather
than being just a table of randomly placed
numbers, each puzzle in this book depicts an animal, a symbol or an
object. A captivating
article on the object brings it to life and gives the puzzle its own
special personality. The puzzles are arranged into 14 topical chapters
which start with puzzles on "Animals", "Countries"
and "Environment" and end with those on "Money",
"Space" and "Warfare".
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Pocket Edition | Album Edition | |||||
Size: | 5'' x 8'' | Size: | 8.5'' x 11'' | |||
Cover: | Full Color | Cover: | Full Color | |||
Interior: | B&W | Interior: | Full Color | |||
Publisher: | Quadrature Books | Publisher: | Quadrature Books | |||
ISBN-13: | 978-0991323524 | ISBN-13: | 978-0991323517 | |||
ISBN-10: | 0991323521 | ISBN-10: | 0991323513 | |||
LOOK INSIDE! | LOOK INSIDE! | |||||
Where to Buy | Where to Buy | |||||
@ Amazon.com |
B&W: @ Amazon.com |
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@Barnes&Noble |
Full Color: Currently Unavailable |
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