Theory Guides, Experiment Decides

by George Barany

This Sunday-sized puzzle was released on September 12, 2014, in conjuction with a special celebration (pictoral hint to the right). After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about its subjects by clicking here, and then following further links.

Click here (two pages) or here (one page, for those with good eyesight) to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. We thank Ralph Bunker, Richard Caldwell, Laszlo Denes, Noam Elkies, Lloyd Fricker, Brent Hartzell, Martin Herbach, Ken Leopold, and Keith Lindblom for beta testing the puzzle and for suggestions which make it fair regardless of the professional specialization of the solver.

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More puzzles here (all), here (science), and here (tributes).

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