The Whirl of Words - Berkowitz, Jonathan
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Why do word puzzles fascinate us? How do they help develop problem-solving skills? How do they teach us about geography, literature, sports, and popular culture? How are they an international language? Jonathan Berkowitz offers a brief history of wordplay, with insights into puzzles and the brain. He offers tips on how to solve puzzles and explains the educational value of puzzles. Challenges in the form of rebuses, anagrams, codes and cryptograms, crosswords, and wordplay with numbers supply even more fun! The Whirl of Words is a unique, rich, and intriguing tour of a wide variety of word puzzles certain to stimulate a brain work-out.…mehr

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Why do word puzzles fascinate us? How do they help develop problem-solving skills? How do they teach us about geography, literature, sports, and popular culture? How are they an international language? Jonathan Berkowitz offers a brief history of wordplay, with insights into puzzles and the brain. He offers tips on how to solve puzzles and explains the educational value of puzzles. Challenges in the form of rebuses, anagrams, codes and cryptograms, crosswords, and wordplay with numbers supply even more fun! The Whirl of Words is a unique, rich, and intriguing tour of a wide variety of word puzzles certain to stimulate a brain work-out.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Jonathan Berkowitz is the Word Guy on North by Northwest on CBC Radio One where he shares his lifelong passion for all aspects of the English language. Author of The Whirl of Words about word puzzles of all sorts, Berkowitz is an award-winning professor of statistics at The University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business. His love of language and word puzzles is a natural component of his everyday life, which he shares with vivid wit and a twinkle in his eye. For more information, visit berkowitzandassociates.ca.