The Whirl of Words: Puzzling Past and Present

by Jonathan Berkowitz

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781039107113
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	06/02/2021
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Dr. Jonathan Berkowitz is the Word Guy on North by Northwest on CBC Radio One, where he shares his lifelong passion for words, word puzzles, and wordplay. He is also a prolific puzzle constructor and solver as a member of the National Puzzlers' League. He has long been fascinated by the history of puzzles and how they are continually reinvented. He is an award-winning professor of statistics at The University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business and pioneered an executive education course on puzzle-solving for business decision-making. Puzzles and wordplay are part of all the public speaking he does, and a natural aspect of his everyday life. For more information, visit berkowitzandassociates.ca.