A.J.Jacobs，Pliska，“拼图者：一个人寻求解决有史以来最令人困惑的拼图，从填字游戏到拼图，再到生命的意义”
《纽约时报》的畅销书《生活年》的作者《圣经》开始了一段跌宕起伏的旅程，以了解谜题的持久力量：我们为什么爱它们，它们对我们的大脑做了什么，以及它们如何改善我们的世界。
“尽管我从未尝试过《纽约时报》的纵横字谜游戏，也没有解过魔方，但我还是无法放下这个谜题。”-格雷琴·鲁宾，《幸福计划》的作者，比以前更好
是什么让拼图、拼图、谜语、数独游戏如此令人满意？无论是新的大脑通路的形成，它们与洞察力和幽默的密切联系，还是它们的社区建设特性，它们都是使我们成为人类的基本要素之一。a.J.雅各布斯四次担任《纽约时报》畅销书作家、沉浸式新闻大师和夜间填字游戏大师，他确信谜题让他变得更好，于是开始确定谜题的种种好处。也许，在这个过程中，解决了我们生存的难题。差不多了。
在《拼图游戏》中，雅各布斯遇到了最狂热的爱好者，参加了（有时带着家人参加）任何他将参加的拼图比赛，揭开了最受欢迎的拼图游戏的历史，旨在解决最不可能的难题，从变异的魔方到美国最坚硬的玉米迷宫，再到最残忍的拼图游戏。充满了令人难忘的冒险经历和来自世界各地的原创范例，包括美国顶级拼图制造商格雷格·普利斯卡的新作，以及一个隐藏的、极具挑战性但可解决的拼图，这将为第一个破解它的读者赢得1万美元的奖金*——这个拼图者将让读者看到灵活思考和专注的力量。无论你是迷惑不解还是犹豫不决，你都会带着真正的解决问题的策略和途径离开，成为更好的思考者和决策者，因为现在肯定是令人困惑的时代。
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, Pliska, “The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life”
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking 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.
“Even though I’ve never attempted the New York Times crossword puzzle or solved the Rubik’s Cube, I couldn’t put down The Puzzler.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before
What makes puzzles—jigsaws, mazes, riddles, sudokus—so satisfying? Be it the formation of new cerebral pathways, their close link to insight and humor, or their community-building properties, they’re among the fundamental elements that make us human. Convinced that puzzles have made him a better person, A.J. Jacobs—four-time New York Times bestselling author, master of immersion journalism, and nightly crossworder—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 (sometimes with his family in tow) 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. Chock-full of unforgettable adventures and original examples from around the world—including new work by Greg Pliska, one of America’s top puzzle-makers, and a hidden, super-challenging but solvable puzzle that will earn the first reader to crack it a $10,000 prize*—The Puzzler will open readers’ eyes to the power of flexible thinking and concentration. Whether you’re puzzle obsessed or puzzle hesitant, you’ll walk away with real problem-solving strategies and pathways toward becoming a better thinker and decision maker—for these are certainly puzzling times.
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