The puzzler : one man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life
The author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles: why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how they can improve our world.
Available Copies by Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Stamford | Available |
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| Subject |
| Cognition. Thought and thinking. |
| Genre |
| Puzzles and games. |
- ISBN: 9780593136713
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Physical Description
print
xvi, 342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Crosswords -- The puzzles of puzzles -- The Rubik's cube -- Anagrams -- Rebuses -- Jigsaws -- Mazes -- Math and logic puzzles -- Ciphers and secret codes -- Visual puzzles -- Sudoku and KenKen -- Chess puzzles -- Riddles -- Japanese puzzle boxes -- Controversial puzzles -- Cryptics -- Scavenger hunts -- Infinite puzzles -- Greg Plasik's original puzzles -- Solutions. |