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		Puzzles for Programmers and Pros byDennis E. Shasha Wrox Press 2007 (240 pages) ISBN:9780470121689 Providing you with the tools to solve several classes of puzzles by hand and computer, this book takes you on a tour of problem-solving techniques so you can dramatically improve your skills.

Table of Contents
	Puzzles for Programmers and Pros
	Introduction
	Part I - Mind Games
	Competition-We Can’t All Be Winners.
	Design-Imagination Rules…
	Chance-Getting On the Right Side of Luck
	Inference-What are You Thinking?
	Optimization-Doing More with Less
	Part II - The Secret of the Puzzle
	The Puzzles
	Part III - Faithful Foes
	Faithful Foes
	Index
	List of Figures
	List of Sidebars