| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Annotation "Humans are the only animals who create and solve puzzles -- for the sheer pleasure of it -- and there is no obvious genetic reason why we would do this. Marcel Danesi explores the psychology of puzzles and puzzling, with scores of classic examples. His pioneering book is both entertaining and enlightening."--Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times ..". Puzzle fanatics will enjoy the many riddles, illusions, cryptograms and other mind-benders offered for analysis."--Psychology Today ..". a bristlingly clear ... always intriguing survey of the history and rationale of puzzles ... [A] splendid study ..."--Knight Ridder Newspapers. |
| Contents |
Why puzzles? -- Puzzling language: riddles, anagrams, and other verbal perplexities -- Puzzling pictures: optical illusions, mazes, and other visual mind-bogglers -- Puzzling logic: deductions, paradoxes, and other forms of mind play -- Puzzling numbers: magic squares, cryptarithms, and other mathematical recreations -- Puzzling games: chess, checkers, and other games -- The puzzle of life. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Puzzles -- Psychological aspects.
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Puzzles -- Social aspects.
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Games -- Psychological aspects.
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Games -- Social aspects.
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GAMES -- Logic & Brain Teasers.
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GAMES -- Quizzes.
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GAMES -- Puzzles.
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Puzzels.
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Recreatieve wiskunde.
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Psychologische aspecten.
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Sociale aspecten.
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| Added Title |
Meaning of puzzles in human life |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Danesi, Marcel, 1946- Puzzle instinct. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2002 0253340942 (DLC) 2001007492 |
| ISBN |
0253109191 (electronic bk.) |
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9780253109194 (electronic bk.) |
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