Overview
A celebrated mathematician presents more than 200 increasingly complex problems that delve into Gödel's undecidability theorem and other examples of the deepest paradoxes of logic and set theory. ""The most original, most profound, and most humorous collection of recreational logic and math problems ever written."" - Martin Gardner, Scientific American ""The value of the book lies in the wealth of ingenious puzzles. They afford amusement, vigorous exercise, and instruction."" - Willard Van Orman Quine, The New York Times Book Review If you're intrigued by puzzles and paradoxes, these 200 mind-bending logic puzzles, riddles, and diversions will thrill you with challenges to your powers of reason and common sense. Raymond M. Smullyan - a celebrated mathematician, logician, magician, and author - presents a logical labyrinth of more than 200 increasingly complex problems. The puzzles delve into Gödel's undecidability theorem and other examples of the deepest paradoxes of logic and set theory. Detailed solutions follow each puzzle.
Full Product Details
Author: Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint: Dover Publications Inc.
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.310kg
ISBN: 9780486481982
ISBN 10: 0486481980
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 28 October 2011
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Raymond Smullyan received his PhD from Princeton University and has taught at Dartmouth, Princeton, Indiana University, and New York's Lehman College. Best known for his mathematical and creative logic puzzles and games, he is also a concert pianist and a magician. Raymond Smullyan: The Merry Prankster Raymond Smullyan (1919- ), mathematician, logician, magician, creator of extraordinary puzzles, philosopher, pianist, and man of many parts. The first Dover book by Raymond Smullyan was First-Order Logic (1995). Recent years have brought a number of his magical books of logic and math puzzles: The Lady or the Tiger (2009); Satan, Cantor and Infinity (2009); an original, never-before-published collection, King Arthur in Search of His Dog and Other Curious Puzzles (2010); and Set Theory and the Continuum Problem (with Melvin Fitting, also reprinted by Dover in 2010). More will be coming in subsequent years. In the Author's Own Words: ""Recently, someone asked me if I believed in astrology. He seemed somewhat puzzled when I explained that the reason I don't is that I'm a Gemini."" ""Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements: they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong.'"" - Raymond Smullyan Critical Acclaim for The Lady or the Tiger: ""Another scintillating collection of brilliant problems and paradoxes by the most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived."" - Martin Gardner
