The puzzler : one man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life
by Jacobs, A. J., 1968- (Author)
Summary
"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"-- Full description
- 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 (chess problems)
- Riddles
- Japanese puzzle boxes
- Controversial puzzles
- Cryptics
- Scavenger hunts and puzzle hunts
- Infinite puzzles
- The Puzzler contest
- An original puzzle hunt by Greg Pliska
- Puzzle resources
- Solutions
- Hints to the original puzzle hunt by Greg Pliska
- Solutions to the original puzzle hunt by Greg Pliska.