The puzzler one man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life
"The New York Times bestselling 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"--
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| Language: | English |
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Crown,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Jacobs, A. J., |d 1968- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The puzzler : |b one man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life / |c A.J. Jacobs ; with puzzles by Greg Pliska. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Crown, |c [2022] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2022 | |
| 300 | |a xvi, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color) ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-299). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 (chess problems) -- Riddles -- Japanese puzzle boxes -- Controversial puzzles -- Cryptics -- Scavenger hunts and puzzle hunts -- Infinite puzzles -- The Puzzler contest -- An original puzzle hunt by Greg Pliska -- Puzzle resources -- Solutions -- Hints to the original puzzle hunt by Greg Pliska -- Solutions to the original puzzle hunt by Greg Pliska. | |
| 520 | |a "The New York Times bestselling 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"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Jacobs, A. J., |d 1968- |x Travel. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Puzzles. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Puzzles |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cognition. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Thought and thinking. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Problem solving. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Travel writing. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 lcgft | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Pliska, Greg, |e contributor. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Jacobs, A. J., 1968- |t Puzzler |b First edition. |d New York : Crown, 2022 |z 9780593136720 |w (DLC) 2021053377 |
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