The puzzle instinct : the meaning of puzzles in human life / Marcel Danesi.
The puzzle instinct : the meaning of puzzles in human life / Marcel Danesi.
The puzzle instinct : the meaning of puzzles in human life / Marcel Danesi.
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Publisher
Bloomington., Indiana : Indiana University Press, c2002.
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N793.73/64
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English
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Physical content
x, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Why Puzzles? -- 2. Puzzling Language: Riddles, Anagrams, and Other Verbal Perplexities -- 3. Puzzling Pictures: Optical Illusions, Mazes, and Other Visual Mind-Bogglers -- 4. Puzzling Logic: Deduction, Paradoxes, and Other Forms of Mind Play -- 5. Puzzling Numbers: Magic Squares, Cryptarithms, an...
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Publisher
Bloomington., Indiana : Indiana University Press, c2002.
Place of Publication
Indiana
Date Published
c2002.
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Full title
The puzzle instinct : the meaning of puzzles in human life / Marcel Danesi.
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Meaning of puzzles in human life.
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Author / Creator
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2002.
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N793.73/64
Record Identifier
74VvBPwXAqzd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBPwXAqzd
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ISBN
0253340942 (cloth : alk. paper) :
9780253340948 (cloth)
0253340942 (cloth)
9780253217080 (pbk.)
0253217083 (pbk.)
9780253217080 (pbk.) :
0253217083 (pbk.) :
9780253340948 (cloth : alk. paper) :
DDC
793.73
MMS ID
991016327559702626
