The Lady or the Tiger?: And Other Logic Puzzles by Raymond M. Smullyan (English)

Description: The Lady or the Tiger? by Raymond M. Smullyan Created by a renowned puzzle master, these whimsically themed challenges involve paradoxes about probability, time, and change; metapuzzles; and self-referentiality. Nineteen chapters advance in difficulty from relatively simple to highly complex. 1982 edition. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Another scintillating collection of brilliant problems and paradoxes by the most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived." -- Martin Gardner "Smullyan is not your run-of-the-mill puzzlemeister; he polishes up old chestnuts, spins variations on a theme, and peoples his logical world with a delightful cast of characters." -- Science 82 "I believe Ray Smullyan to be the Lewis Carroll of our times. His little books of logic puzzles will be remembered long after most of us are forgotten." -- Peter Denning, Chairman of the Computer Science Department, Naval Postgraduate School "You may experience small frissons of delight as you follow Smullyan into the dizzying heights of Gödels proof and the very nature of proof, truth, and logic in mathematics." -- Kirkus Reviews Discover scintillating new perspectives on the principles of mathematical logic with this puzzle treasury. Inspired by the classic tale of a prisoners choice between two doors, these whimsically themed challenges allow readers to base their decisions on logic rather than luck. Nineteen chapters advance from relatively simple puzzles and meta-puzzles to highly complex paradoxes involving probability, time, and change. The author, a well-known philosopher and magician as well as a celebrated mathematician and logician, was acclaimed by The New York Times as "a master at translating difficult ideas into stories and puzzles that require no formal background, only patience and a passion to learn." Author Biography Born in New York City in 1919, Raymond Smullyan is a philosopher and magician as well as a famous mathematician and logician. His career as a stage magician financed his undergraduate studies at the University of Chicago as well as his doctoral work at Princeton. The author of several imaginative books on recreational mathematics, Smullyan is also a classical pianist. 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 Authors Own Words: "Recently, someone asked me if I believed in astrology. He seemed somewhat puzzled when I explained that the reason I dont is that Im 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 Table of Contents PART I. THE LADY OR THE TIGER? Chestnuts--Old and New Ladies or Tigers? The Asylum of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether Inspector Craig Visits Transylvania PART II. PUZZLES AND METAPUZZLES The Island of Questioners The Isle of Dreams Metapuzzles PART III. THE MYSTERY OF THE MONTE CARLO LOCK The Mystery of the Monte Carlo Lock A Curious Number Machine Craigs Law Fergussons Laws Interlude: Lets Generalize! The Key PART IV. SOLVABLE OR UNSOLVABLE? Fergussons Logic Machine Provability and Truth Machines That Talk About Themselves Mortal and Immortal Numbers The Machine That Never Got Built Leibnizs Dream About the Author Long Description "Another scintillating collection of brilliant problems and paradoxes by the most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived." -- Martin Gardner. Inspired by the classic tale of a prisoners dilemma, these whimsically themed challenges involve paradoxes about probability, time, and change; metapuzzles; and self-referentiality. Nineteen chapters advance in difficulty from relatively simple to highly complex. Details ISBN048647027X Author Raymond M. Smullyan Pages 240 Edition Description Dover Language English ISBN-10 048647027X ISBN-13 9780486470276 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 793.73 Year 2009 Imprint Dover Publications Inc. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Short Title LADY OR THE TIGER Subtitle And Other Logic Puzzles Affiliation Indiana University Residence US Birth 1919 Series Dover Recreational Math UK Release Date 2009-05-01 AU Release Date 2009-05-01 NZ Release Date 2009-05-01 US Release Date 2009-05-01 Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Publication Date 2009-05-01 Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:21817625;

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