01582cam a2200301 i 4500 554942620 TxAuBib 20220426120000.0 211201s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021053376 9780593136713 0593136713 TxAuBib rda Jacobs, A. J., 1968- 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. First edition. New York : Crown, 2022. xvi, 342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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 publisher. 20220426. Puzzles. Cognition . THOUGHT AND THINKING.