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Jacobs, A. J., 1968- author.

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]

©2022

xvi, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Convinced that puzzles have made him a better person, A.J. Jacobs set out to determine their myriad benefits. And maybe, in the process, solve the puzzle of our very existence. Well, almost. In The Puzzler, Jacobs meets the most zealous devotees, enters any puzzle competition that will have him, unpacks the history of the most popular puzzles, and aims to solve the most impossible head-scratchers -- from a mutant Rubik's Cube to the hardest corn maze in America to the most sadistic jigsaw.

Jacobs, A. J., 1968- -- Travel.

Puzzles

Puzzles -- History.

Cognition

Thought and thinking

Problem solving

Travel writing

Pliska, Greg. contributor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-299).

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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.

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