Page 80 - (DK) How to be a GENIUS?

BRAIN GAMES

The one-hand rule
To get through a maze where all the walls are
connected to the outer boundary, you can use the
“one-hand rule.” To do this, always keep a hand on
one wall as you go—it doesn’t matter which hand, but
don’t swap along the way. Try this method to make your
way to the center of this maze—and back out again.

Th Th e A n c i en t Eg y p t i a n s b u i l t m az es
Eg
en
The Ancient Egyptians built mazes
T The Ancient Egyptians built mazes
es
es
az
years
y
years
years
years ago. One phar
years
years
pharaoh
pharaoh
pharaoh
p
0
0
pharao
n
years
years
p
pharaoh
pharaoh
ears
o
ago
One
ago.
O
ag
ago
ag
ago
ago
ago
One
ea
rs
ago
ea
ag
rs
One
One
One
One
One
h
ra
o
h
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 , ,000 years ago . One e pharaoh even
a
ra
4,000 years ago. One pharaoh evenevenven
even
ve
en
ev
eve
even
e
000
000
000
000
000
0
000
pyrami
y
inside
pyramid
pyramid
pyr
pyr
his
m
i
az
d
az
ra
ra
his
his
his
his
i
i
s
his
nside
n
his
his
h
inside
inside
p
pyramid
inside
pyram
inside
i
inside
inside
pyrami
d
a
a
a
lt a huge maze inside his pyr
l
a
huge
huge
huge
a
a
huge
ilt
u
u
u
buuilt t a huge e maze e inside e his s pyramid
u
uilt
uilt
i
ilt
uilt
u b b b b b b b b
uilt a huge maze inside his pyramid
huge
ge
ug
ug
maze
maze
maze
maze
huge
h
m
maze
maze
maze
to
t
er
e
rs
ers
b
to
er
m
to baffle tomb robbers..
to to t
ro
b
ro
b
b
ffl
ffl
a
ffl
MASTERING
MAZES
The brain’s ability to learn
helps us solve all sorts of
problems, including how to
find our way out of a maze.
Giant hedge mazes are
popular attractions—it
seems that people like the
feeling of getting lost for a
while, as long as they can
eventually find their way
to freedom, of course! See
if you can make your way
through this collection
of miniature mazes.
If you get lost, find the
solutions on page 186.
Right or left?
You can find your way through
this more complicated maze
using the one-hand rule, too.
Once through, try again using
your other hand—which
route is quicker?
78
(c) 2011 Dorling Kindersley. All Rights Reserved.