The puzzle instinct [[electronic resource] ] : the meaning of puzzles in human life / / Marcel Danesi
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Danesi Marcel <1946->
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| Titolo: |
The puzzle instinct [[electronic resource] ] : the meaning of puzzles in human life / / Marcel Danesi
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 793.73 |
| Soggetto topico: | Puzzles - Psychological aspects |
| Puzzles - Social aspects | |
| Games - Psychological aspects | |
| Games - Social aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-263) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | One of the most famous anagrams of all time was constructed in the Middle Ages. The unknown author contrived it as a Latin dialogue between Pilate and Jesus. Jesus' answer to Pilate's question ""What is truth"" is phrased as an ingenious anagram of the letters of that very question: Pilate: Quid est veritas? (""What is truth?"") Jesus: Est virqui adest. (""It is the man before you."")The origin of anagrams is shrouded in mystery. One thing is clear, however -- in the ancient world, they were tho |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The puzzle instinct |
| ISBN: | 1-282-06278-6 |
| 0-253-10919-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455017703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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