The puzzler : one man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life / A.J. Jacobs ; with puzzles by Greg Pliska.
Publisher: New York, NY : Crown, [2022]Edition: First editionDescription: 342 pg : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593136713
- 0593136713
- 793.73 B 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Books | Eustis Memorial Library | Adult | Nonfiction | 793.73 JAC | Available | 650391002050533 | |||
Books | Leesburg Public Library | Biography | Biography | B Jacobs, A. Jacobs | Available | 33099004579267 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-299).
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.
"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."-- Provided by the publisher.
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