02723oam 22006254a 450 991077982860332120231023201019.01-282-06278-60-253-10919-1(CKB)111056485407288(EBL)127630(OCoLC)70758906(SSID)ssj0000230908(PQKBManifestationID)11173863(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230908(PQKBWorkID)10197373(PQKB)11066909(MiAaPQ)EBC127630(OCoLC)50553024(MdBmJHUP)muse16514(Au-PeEL)EBL127630(CaPaEBR)ebr10005065(CaONFJC)MIL206278(EXLCZ)9911105648540728820011120h20022002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe puzzle instinct the meaning of puzzles in human life /Marcel DanesiBloomington :Indiana University Press,2002.©20021 online resource (283 pages)0-253-34094-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-263) and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Why Puzzles?; 2 Puzzling Language; 3 Puzzling Pictures; 4 Puzzling Logic; 5 Puzzling Numbers; 6 Puzzling Games; 7 The Puzzle of Life; Solutions; Bibliography and General Reading List; Index; About the Author"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 NewspapersPuzzlesPsychological aspectsPuzzlesSocial aspectsGamesPsychological aspectsGamesSocial aspectsPuzzlesPsychological aspects.PuzzlesSocial aspects.GamesPsychological aspects.GamesSocial aspects.793.73Danesi Marcel1946-166452MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779828603321The puzzle instinct3813655UNINA