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The Language Lover's Puzzle Book
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The Language Lover's Puzzle Book

A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles
PaperbackPaperback
EUR17,50

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100 challenging puzzles for would-be codebreakers that also celebrate the uniqueness of language-from hieroglyphics to the sign language of silent monks
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-61519-804-7
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
FormatTrade paperback (US)
PublisherExperiment
Publishing date09/11/2021
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 150 mm, Height 226 mm, Thickness 29 mm
Weight506 g
Article no.28973909
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A41030581
Product groupBU416
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Alex Bellos holds a degree in mathematics and philosophy from Oxford University. His bestselling books, Here's Looking at Euclid and The Grapes of Math, have been translated into more than 20 languages and were both shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book prize. His puzzle books include Can You Solve My Problems?, Puzzle Ninja, Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers, and The Language Lover's Puzzle Book. He is also the coauthor of the mathematical coloring books Patterns of the Universe and Visions of the Universe. He has launched an elliptical pool table, LOOP. He writes a puzzle blog for The Guardian, and he won the Association of British Science Writers award for best science blog in 2016. He lives in London.

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