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"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing"
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Archimedes' Lab Puzzle Store
  For 17 years, we have been delivering endless learning and fun worldwide! In this secure shopping environment, you will find a collection of unique puzzles, books, reviews, and puzzling cards designed and drawn up by Gianni A. Sarcone. We guarantee that our products are the highest quality available. Our 2D puzzles are cut with a new technology: water-jet cutting. This leading technology gives the games a flawless and unrivalled finish. All proceeds from our store help fund our website and our many educational activities. Thanks for your support!
Fit the small square inside the puzzle!
Quadrix puzzle
Available cutouts
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Qd Qe
quadrix puzzle f quadrix puzzle k
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Quadrix Magic Puzzle
Visualizations Through Geometry
Can you fit the small extra piece into the puzzle without altering its original dimensions? All the pieces must lie tight and flat! A neat geometrical optical illusion useful for teaching the kids to never believe anything at first sight... until it has been measured correctly and analysed. green arrow More...

Price: $14.00 (Qe or Qf) | $13.00 (Qd or Qk) | Age: 8 +

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Select your Quadrix puzzle(s): Qd Qe Qf Qk
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TangraMagic (Foam)
Tangramagic Foam
TangraMagic (Forex®)
Tangramagic Forex

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A Reinvented Classic Pattern-Matching Puzzle
A magical version of the famous Tangram puzzle... Remove all the pieces and replace them without the small magic square to fill the frame again! Plus a lot of original Tangram paradoxes. There are two puzzle models available: TangraMagic Foam and TangraMagic Forex® (hard plastic). green arrow More...

Price: $6.50 (T foam) | $13.00 (T forex) | Age: 8 +

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Select your TangraMagic puzzle(s): Foam Forex
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Dudeney's Zoo
Dudeney's Zoo puzzle

Dudeney's Zoo Puzzle
Intriguing Dissection Puzzle
Can you rearrange each colored geometric shape flat and tight into the square space? green arrow More...

Price: $15.00 | Age: 8 +

Annie's Ts
Annies T packing puzzle

Annie's T Packing Puzzle
A Packing Challenge
Add the pieces of the extra T into the frame along with the other T's together. Easy? green arrow More...

Price: $14.00 | Age: 8 +

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Select your puzzle(s): Dudeney's Zoo Annie's Ts
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Magic Eggs
Magic Hen (dim. 30x11.5x0.3 cm)

'Magic Hen' Vanish Puzzle TOP
The Disappearing Egg
As you can see on the intriguing 4-piece puzzle above, there are 8 eggs... Now if we rearrange the puzzle by swapping the position of the triangular pieces an egg disappears along with portion of the puzzle! green arrow More...

Price:$15.00 (4-piece cardboard puzzle) | Age: 8 +

MathCardssmart set of postcards

MatheMagical Greeting Cards
Send your friends unique puzzling cards! Set of 12 smart cards featuring interactive optical illusions, vanish and put-together puzzles. green arrow More...

Price:$15.00 (12 cards) | Age: 8 +

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Select your item(s): Magic Hen MatheMagic cards
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Archimedes Journal

Archimedes' Journal
An interactive review devoted to entertaining and involving its readers with puzzles, recreational maths and visual creativity. Archimedes Journal contains high-quality images for use as a resource. Each issue offers original large illustrations or patterns the readers may reproduce for classroom activities, workshops or just for fun...
4 Issues available (years 2003-2004). Bilingual: in English and in French. green arrow More...

Price: $16.00 / 4 issues in PDF format | Age: 12 +

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MateMagica
MateMagica book
Price: $21.00 /ea
Almanach /Almanacco
Almanach book
Price:$16.00 /ea
(Pdf version: $8.50)

Puzzle books / Libri di rompicapi / Livres de casse-tête TOP
A collection of original optical illusions and ingenious puzzles with easy-to-follow instructions that let you both create and solve them on your own. green arrow More...

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Select your book(s): 1 MateMagica (in Italian)
2 Almanacco (in Italian) PDF
3 Almanach (in French)   PDF
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XL Puzzles for demos or shows...

Large Quadrix Quirinus

Quirinus puzzle
(dim. 35x35x2.5 cm)

 

Quirinus Magic Puzzle
Visualizations Through Geometry
Quirinus is a large version of Quadrix puzzle useful for educational shows, science fairs, schools and museums. Made in EVA foam, rigid bottom. green arrow More...

Price: $140.00 | Age: 8 +

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Black Queen puzzle
(dim. 28x18x0.5 cm)

Queen of Illusion Puzzle
Paradoxical Rearrangements
This 5-piece puzzle represents a playcard: a mysterious black Queen of Spades. When we turn these pieces over and try to reassemble the card face down one piece is left. How is it possible? green arrow More...

Price: $30.00 | Age: 8 +

large Black Queen

Large cat and dog puzzleCat & Dog puzzle
(dim. 34.5x42x0.5 cm)

Like Cat & Dog
Visual Thinking
The 3-piece 'Cat & Dog' puzzle is a new version of a vintage animal puzzle game. The challenge is to rearrange the 3 rectangular cards to make the hands stroke both cat and dog. Yes, it's simple once you know how, but really baffling when you don’t... green arrow More...

Price: $20.00 | Age: 8 +

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Select your puzzle(s): Black Queen Cat & Dog
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Large iron horseshoe puzzle
horseshoe puzzle

We are able to realize special orders of large puzzle games in iron and EVA foam for exhibitions and fairs.
We also offer and perform puzzle activities, workshops, optical illusion shows and exhibitions for museums, festivals, fairs, scientific or cultural events. green arrow More...

large dudeney's triangle
XL Dudeney's triangle made in EVA foam

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Support our educational action. Just think how cool you will look walking around in an Archimedes hat or T-Shirt! Archimedes, a label for smart brains...
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Prices: from $13.00 to $19.99!
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custom puzzles

A lively way to promote your company: eye-catching puzzles for educational or advertising applications

Advertising puzzles
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custom cards and prints

We provide the media, publishers and syndication agencies with puzzle contents integrating science & visual perception for recreational, educational or communication purpose

Content supplying
Optical illusions
Math Puzzles
Perception Puzzles
Published works

PuzzleWorkshops
Puzzle workshop in Gradara

We aim to communicate the wonder of science and mathematics to the public in exciting, involving and entertaining ways: by creating, experimenting and demonstrating hands-on puzzles.

Archimedes' workshops
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Souvenirs
Archimedes'
Souvenirs

souvenirs
More... mug raglan cap wall clock
Cards&Prints

Optical illusion cards
Illusion and Math posters
Miscellania

SmartJokes
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Discover the Perpetual Motion
From the same authors of the article
Sarcone and Waeber
Big Book of Optical Illusions
Big Book of Optical Illusions, ISBN 0764135201
New Optical Illusions
New Optical Illusions, ISBN 1844423271
Fantastic Optical Illusions
Fantastic Optical Illusions, ISBN 184442295X
Dazzling Optical Illusions
Puzzillusions, ISBN 1844420647
MateMagica book
MateMagica, ISBN 8889197560
Almanach book
L'Almanach du mathématicien en herbe, ISBN 2844690254
     
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