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Über den Autor
Marcel Danesi is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, and holds an appointment at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education as professor and researcher in bilingual education. Danesi is the author of some of CSPI's most prominent and engaging texts, including Linguistic Anthropology (2012); Geeks, Goths, and Gangstas (2010); and Messages, Signs and Meanings (2004). Danesi has published hundreds of books on language, semiotics, and puzzles, as well as language manuals for the study of Italian and Spanish; he is editor-in-chief of Semiotica, the official journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies. In 1998, Danesi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and his work has been featured in The New York Times, the Toronto Star, and Psychology Today. A guest on several broadcast outlets, including National Public Radio; Danesi writes 1950s-inspired music and plays the piano for his rock 'n roll band, The Semiotones.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Why Puzzles?
2. Puzzling Language: Riddles, Anagrams, and Other Verbal Perplexities
3. Puzzling Pictures: Optical Illusions, Mazes, and Other Visual Mind-Bogglers
4. Puzzling Logic: Deductions, Paradoxes, and Other Forms of Mind Play
5. Puzzling Numbers: Magic Squares, Cryptarithms, and Other Mathematical Recreations
6. Puzzling Games: Chess, Checkers, and Other Games
7. The Puzzle of Life
Solutions
Bibliography and General Reading List
Index

Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780253217080
ISBN-10: 0253217083
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Danesi, Marcel
Hersteller: Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press (IPS)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Marcel Danesi
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2004
Gewicht: 0,416 kg
Artikel-ID: 102499848

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