Barry R. Clarke
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Barry R. Clarke (born 14 March 1959) is a British puzzle designer.
Born in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, to English parents, he was educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School, West Yorkshire. In 1984, he obtained a Master of Science degree by thesis in theoretical physics from the University of Hull and published papers on perturbation methods in quantum mechanics.[1] He has written and directed several award-winning short films and his comedy sketches have appeared on both BBC and ITV. [2][3][4]
In 2006 he self-published the results of his investigation into the Shakespearean authorship question.
As well as writing a regular puzzle column for The Daily Telegraph, his puzzle work has been featured on BBC TV Mindgames,[5] and he has published several books of original puzzles.
[edit] Bibliography
- 1993 The Daily Telegraph Book of Brain Twisters, part contributor, Pan. ISBN 0-330-33106-X
- 1994 Test Your Puzzle Power, Ward Lock. ISBN 0-7063-7249-2
- 1994 Puzzles for Pleasure, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-46634-2
- 2003 Challenging Logic Puzzles (Mensa), Sterling. ISBN 1-4027-0541-7
- 2003 Brain Busters, Dover. ISBN 0-486-42755-2
- 2006 The Shakespeare Puzzle, Lulu Press. ISBN 1-4116-7880-X (free download)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Clarke, B.R., Perturbation series for transition moments for anharmonic oscillators, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. (1985) 2207-2217; Structure of matrix perturbation coefficients for anharmonic oscillators, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. (1985) 2729-2736
- ^ 1987 Alas Smith & Jones, BBC 2, Series IV
- ^ 1988 Little and Large, BBC 1, Series III
- ^ 1998 Beadle's Hotshots, ITV, Series 2
- ^ 2004 Mindgames, BBC 4, Series 3
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