The Puzzle Instinct
Subtitle: The Meaning of Puzzles in Human Life
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780253340948
Subjects: Cognition & cognitive psychology; Mathematics; Philosophy of language; Cognitive Psychology; Semiotics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Psychology; Language; General; Linguistics; Games; Psychological aspects; Puzzles; Social aspects
First sentence: The great American author Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) once remarked that, for some enigmatic reason, human beings require that things be mysterious.
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