Jerry Slocum's Bibliography: Puzzles in Print and Lectures
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Puzzle Books by Jerry Slocum
- Puzzles Old & New: How to Make and Solve
Them. (1986). University of Washington Press.
16th Annual
Children's Science Book Award, by The New York Academy of Sciences,
1987
Also: Two German editions, Dutch edition, British edition,
Japanese edition, Four US reprint editions, Czech Republic edition,
2006
- New Book of Puzzles: 101 Classic and Modern Puzzles to
Make and Solve. (1992). New York: W.H. Freeman.
Also German
edition, Dutch edition, Japanese edition
- The Book of Ingenious & Diabolical
Puzzles. (1994). New York: Times Books.
Also German edition,
Dutch edition, Japanese edition
- The Puzzle Arcade: For People Who Like Lots of
Hints. (1996). Palo Alto, CA: Klutz.
- Puzzles from Catel's Cabinet and
Bestelmeier's Magazine, 1785 to 1823 [PDF]. (1997). Beverly
Hills, CA: Slocum Puzzle Foundation.
- Tricky Optical Illusion Puzzles. (2001). New York:
Sterling.
Optical Illusions and Other Puzzles, Houtweg, The
Netherlands, 1995
- Swipe This Pencil. (2003). Palo Alto, CA:
Klutz.
- The Tangram Book. (2003). New York: Sterling.
Also Russian edition
- The 15 Puzzle Book. (2006). Beverly Hills, CA:
Slocum Puzzle Foundation.
- The Tao of Tangram. (2007). New York:
Sterling.
- Tangram Master. (2008). New York: Sterling.
- The Famous 15 Puzzle. (2009). New York: Metro
Books.
- The Cube: The Ultimate Guide to the World's
Bestselling Puzzle – Secrets, Stories, Solutions.
(2009). New York: Black Dog & Leventhal.
Books Published by Jerry Slocum
- Compendium of Mechanical Puzzles from Catalogs [PDF]. (1977). Compiled by Jerry Slocum.
- Ingenious Ring Puzzle Book, Ch'ung-En Yu.
(1957). Translation by Yenna Wu, Jerry Slocum, (1981).
- Checkerboard Compendium. (1997). 3rd Edition,
Beverly Hills, CA: Slocum Puzzle Foundation.
[1st Edition 1983; 2nd
Edition 1993]
- Directory of Puzzle Collectors. (2003). 5th
Edition, Beverly Hills, CA: Slocum Puzzle Foundation.
[1st Edition
1992; 2nd Edition 1994; 3rd Edition 1997; 4th Edition, 2000]
Book Articles about Jerry Slocum
- Tuchman & Brenner. (1994). Jerry Slocum, Aerospace Engineer. Magnificent Obsessions: Twenty Remarkable Collectors in
Pursuit of Their Dreams (pp. 74–81). San Francisco:
Chronicle Books.
Book Articles by Jerry Slocum
- Early Japanese Export Puzzles:
1860s to 1960s [PDF]. In D. Wolfe & T. Rodgers, (2002), Puzzlers' Tribute: A Feast for the
Mind (pp. 257–272). Natick, MA: A.K. Peters.
- Nob Yoshigahara. In B. Cipra, et al. (2005), Tribute to a
MatheMagiCian (pp. xxi–xxxi). Wellesley, MA: A.K.
Peters.
- Mongolian Interlocking Puzzles [PDF]. In B. Cipra, et al. (2005), Tribute to a
MatheMagiCian (pp. 11–20). Wellesley, MA: A.K.
Peters.
- Tangram: The World's First Puzzle Craze. In E.D. Demaine, M.L.
Demaine & T. Rodgers (2008), A Lifetime of
Puzzles: Honoring Martin Gardner (pp. 59–76).
Wellesley, MA: A.K. Peters.
- Sam Loyd's Most
Successful Hoax [PDF]. In E. Pegg, A.H. Schoen & T. Rodgers,
(2009), Homage to a Pied Puzzler (pp.
3–21). Wellesley, MA: A.K. Peters.
Periodical Articles about Slocum & his Puzzles
Magazine, Journal, & Newsletter Articles
Newspaper Articles
- Los Angeles Times – Beverly Hills Puzzle
Authority Finds Solutions in Collecting [PDF] May 23,
1984
- Los Angeles Herald Examiner –
He's never met a puzzle he couldn't solve [PDF] December 28, 1986
- New York Times – Puzzles Make a Magical
Exhibit [PDF] July 26, 1987
- Boston Herald – Mind Over Matter October 16, 1987
- Christian Science Monitor – Fun for
Nimble Heads & Hands [PDF] October 22, 1987
- Indianapolis News – Puzzles Old
& New Opens [PDF] January 18, 1990
- Indianapolis News – Aircraft Executive
Jerry Slocum ... [PDF] January 18, 1990
- Chicago Tribune – Museum Offers Chance
to Get Lost in a Labyrinth May 27, 1994
- Wall Street Journal – Puzzles October 15, 2000
- New York Times – Delectable Puzzlements November 12, 2000
- Poughkeepsie Journal – Puzzles as Art
Form December 21, 2000
- Belleville News–Democrat –
Pu??les [PDF] May 25, 2002
- Southwest City Journal –
Posers test visitors' ingenuity [PDF] May 29, 2002
- Independent News, St. Louis, MO –
Mind–Boggling Fun [PDF] May 16, 2002
- New York Times, Science Times –
Calisthenics for the Brain July 25, 2006
- The Herald Times, Bloomington, IN –
Collector Donates 30,000 Puzzles to Lilly Library August
3, 2006
- Indiana Daily Student – Best Puzzle
Collection in the World August 3, 2006
- Indianapolis Star – IU Will Display a
Baffling Array of Puzzles July 30, 2006
Periodical Articles by Jerry Slocum
- Making and Solving Puzzles [PDF].
(October 1955). Science and Mechanics
Magazine, pp. Cover, 121–126.
- Eulogy: Edward Horndern [PDF] (May 24, 2000).
- Introducing Mechanical Puzzles. Game & Puzzles
Quarterly.
- An Old German Tangram Mystery is Cleared Up. (July 2003). Cubism For Fun, pp. 4–7.
- Japanese Puzzle Boxes [PDF].
(September 2003). Southeastern Antiquing &
Collecting, pp. Cover, 46, 47.
- Sliding Block Puzzles with Letter Swap Tricks. (November 2003). Cubism For Fun, pp. 12–16.
- Sliding Block Tricks with Swap–Trick Pictures. (March 2004). Cubism For Fun, pp. 8–11.
- Eulogy: To Takako [PDF] (July 2004).
- Vienna Tangram Variations 1818–1820. (July 2004). Cubism For Fun, pp. 16–18.
- Coffin, S.T. & Slocum, J. (November 2004). What's New in
Polyomino Puzzles and their Design [PDF]. Cubism For Fun,
pp. 18–23.
- Old German Embarassment Tangrams. (March 2005). Cubism
For Fun, pp. 26–31.
Exhibition Catalog Articles by Jerry Slocum
Event Memorabilia
Lectures
- Puzzle Cards, Gathering for Gardner II (January
21, 1996)
- Magical Puzzles [PDF],
LA Conference on Magic History (October 21, 1999)
- Sam Loyd's Most Successful Hoax, Gathering
for Gardner VII (2006)
- Mechanical Tricks & Puzzles
Worldwide During the Edo Era [PDF], Kyoto University (December 8, 2006)
- Early Mechanical Puzzles:
10th Century B.C. to 19th Century [PDF], Dartmouth College (February 19, 2008)
- Jerry Slocum's Puzzles, Family and Career,
Indiana University, Wells Scholars Lecture (October 5, 2007)
Awards
