Post 3: Book 1 Project

     What we are offering here is a book of puzzles based off the book. Christopher really likes challenges and puzzles so we have created one book that is Boone worthy. Christopher's Book of Challenging Things includes puzzles such as Conway's soldiers, Physic Problems, Quadratics, Memory Games and other activities to keep your mind active for hours.
     In The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-time, Christopher Boone, the narrator of the book and main character, uses puzzles and maths problems (He's British so they are maths problems not math problems) to soothe himself when in stressful situations and to pass the time. He shows how to solve multiple maths problems, including his favorite problem that was on his level A maths test. With this book the consumers will be able to solve some of the problems along with Christopher, and figure out the solution to other challenging ones. One of the challenges addressed in the book is Christopher's ignorance to emotions, because he has Asbergers he cannot relate to the other kids and can't figure out what other people are feeling. The puzzle book starts out with a series of emoticons that you must determine the mood of.  In another section of the book Christopher explains that he notices every detail that would escape normal peoples notices. He gives an example of a field saying that he would notice "There are 19 cows in the field, 15 of which are black and white and 4 of which are brown and white." One of the memory games that are included with the puzzle book is memorizing details of a picture of a cow field. The readers must look at the picture for 30 seconds, then look away and try to answer questions such as "How many cows were there? and How many fence posts were in the picture?" Christopher later calms himself while traveling with a complex math problem called Conway's Soldiers, he explains it "a chessboard that continues infinitely in all directions and every square below a horizontal line has a colored tile on it." With the book you can try it out yourself, and see how much you can succeed, there is also an online version linked up above. "And I did some more quadratic equations like 0= 437x^2 + 103x +11 and 0= 79x^2 + 43x +2089" Ever wondered what the solutions to these equations were? There are a few pages in the book where you can work it out, do the math with Christopher and put an end to your curiosity.
     This book interests fans of  The Curious incident of the Dog In The Night-time because it allows them to stay connected. It takes some effort to slip into Christopher's mindset, figuring out how he works and why he finds maths so interesting. With this book you get the same feeling, readers connect to the lovable character again and it makes readers feel like they are still a part in his life, even  after his journey ends. When the mystery is solved and all fans have is the memories readers can use the puzzle book to play new challenges.This puzzle book will attract new fans to the book because the main readers of The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-time are people looking for a mystery. But upon seeing this product on the shelves consumers will realize that the book has more challenges and is lighter than just a mystery novel. Its not just a book, its an adventure, and featuring puzzles to go with it will allow people to realize that and get entranced in the fascinating novel.
   
Try some: High level Physics Problems.  If you want some extra challenges, here's a link to Harvard's math problems of the day. 




A few sample pages of the book:

Post 2: What is a Book?

A Book Is A Soul:

A tangible thing, a book is not just an idea or a thought written on paper. Its a soul, a living thing changing throughout the waves of time. You relate to the characters, fall in love with the plots, and root for their ultimate goal. When you complete a paper book, the last page filtering through your hands, you've won something, completed their story, and collected a trophy. Going back and searching through your bookshelves, your eyes linger on a certain book, reliving their story. But it's not the same with an e-book, looking back through files, the sickeningly bright screen washing away the nostalgia that you feel returning to your favorite stories.
It's like talking to Siri instead of your friends. It might pass the loneliness, may work for the time being. But the conversation, the inside jokes and the witty retorts your friends supply are missing. You are simply interacting with a cold, emotionless voice, detached from anything living. It's the same with books. A paper one- the richness of the paper, the connection that you get just by reading it- is the past souls that have read the book, the thoughts of the author being awakened as you read, soaking it in.
An e-book brings a clinical understanding of the plot, a monotone and lifeless text in your hands. A connection you cannot feel. As Piazza described: "Everything [In an e-book] is leveled out. When everything has equal weight, everything is weightless." When you make an e-book and a real book equal you lose a sense of perception, you miss the reality of the story, the ambition of the author and the true enjoyment the author wants you to get out of the book.
A book is a soul, and an electronic device doesn't do it justice.