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Author : Henry Frith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Amusements
ISBN : OXFORD:590394989
Author : Harry Edwin Eiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:802508765
Author : Harry E. Eiss
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1986-10-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313244674
Throughout recorded history, mankind has turned to language play as a source of entertainment and intellectual stimulation. This unique new reference provides comprehensive listings and explainations, together with samples and historical information, concerning the hundreds of letter and word games, puzzles, and linguistic entertainments that enrich our cultural life. In an introductory section, the author discusses the various ways of manipulating words and letters and the relation of this pastime to literature, linguistics, education and humor. He comments on the use of word-play techniques in the teaching of language arts, noting their demonstrated benefits in stimulating creativity and motivating the unwilling student. Turning to the literary uses of language play, he talks about writers--from Shakespeare, Dickens, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein to the dadaists, Edward Lear, Ogden Nash, and various contemporary literary artists--whose linguistic devices run the gamut from riddles, acrostics, cross-word puzzles, and anagrams--are considered, along with individual and group games intended to entertain, teach skills, or challenge the imagination or intellect.
Author : Clara Bellew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600076489
Author : Harry E. Eiss
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988-02-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780313247149
Mathematical play has challenged and stimulated human ingenuity throughout recorded history. It has ranged from the common sorts of brain teasers such as mazes, arithmetic story problems, and simple geometric puzzles to sophisticated explorations of questions that still concern modern mathematical theorists. This new dictionary provides a tantalizing variety of paradoxes, games, problems, and puzzles that will appeal to mathematics enthusiasts at every level of proficiency. Eiss introduces his subject with an overview of the history of recreational mathematics and its relation to some theoretical questions that have occupied mathematicians for centuries. Dictionary entries include problems posed by particular thinkers as well as traditional puzzlers that have come down to us anonymously. Information on the origins and history of many of the activities is supplied, and thorough cross-referencing enables the reader to locate all puzzles, games, and amusements of a similar type. The bibliography suggest sources of further information.
Author : Edward J. Shelton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NYPL:33433061705103
Author : Harry E. Eiss
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1986-10-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313244674
Throughout recorded history, mankind has turned to language play as a source of entertainment and intellectual stimulation. This unique new reference provides comprehensive listings and explainations, together with samples and historical information, concerning the hundreds of letter and word games, puzzles, and linguistic entertainments that enrich our cultural life. In an introductory section, the author discusses the various ways of manipulating words and letters and the relation of this pastime to literature, linguistics, education and humor. He comments on the use of word-play techniques in the teaching of language arts, noting their demonstrated benefits in stimulating creativity and motivating the unwilling student. Turning to the literary uses of language play, he talks about writers--from Shakespeare, Dickens, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein to the dadaists, Edward Lear, Ogden Nash, and various contemporary literary artists--whose linguistic devices run the gamut from riddles, acrostics, cross-word puzzles, and anagrams--are considered, along with individual and group games intended to entertain, teach skills, or challenge the imagination or intellect.
Author : Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division,Marguerite Vogeding Quattlebaum
Publisher : Washington : Library of Congress, Processing Department, Subject Cataloging Division
Page : 1366 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Subject headings
ISBN : MINN:31951000830035K
Author : Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1438 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Subject headings
ISBN : MINN:31951000830038E
Author : Edmund Neison,Edmund Neville Nevill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : NYPL:33433087588392
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1778 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCLA:L0063360366
Author : Cleveland Public Library. John G. White Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Checkers
ISBN : UOM:39015019940587
Author : Samuel Orchart Beeton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Ferns
ISBN : NLI:2856498-10
Author : Thomas L. Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118440556
Author : Mercantile Library Association (BALTIMORE)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018229535