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The Lady or the Tiger?：and Other Logic Puzzles

内容简介

Discoverscintillatingnewperspectivesontheprinciplesofmathematicallogicwiththispuzzletreasury.Inspiredbytheclassictaleofaprisoner'schoicebetweentwodoors,thesewhimsicallythemedchallengesallowreaderstobasetheirdecisionsonlogicratherthanluck.Nineteenchaptersadvancefromrelativelysimplepuzzlesandmeta-puzzlestohighlycomplexparadoxesinvolvingprobability,time,andchange.Theauthor,awell-knownphilosopherandmagicianaswellasacelebratedmathematicianandlogician,wasacclaimedbyTheNewYorkTimesas"amasterattranslatingdifficultideasintostoriesandpuzzlesthatrequirenoformalbackground,onlypatienceandapassiontolearn."

作者简介

BorninNewYorkCityin1919,RaymondSmullyanisaphilosopherandmagicianaswellasafamousmathematicianandlogician.HiscareerasastagemagicianfinancedhisundergraduatestudiesattheUniversityofChicagoaswellashisdoctoralworkatPrinceton.Theauthorofseveralimaginativebooksonrecreationalmathematics,Smullyanisalsoaclassicalpianist.RaymondSmullyan:TheMerryPranksterRaymondSmullyan(1919–),mathematician,logician,magician,creatorofextraordinarypuzzles,philosopher,pianist,andmanofmanyparts.ThefirstDoverbookbyRaymondSmullyanwasFirst-OrderLogic(1995).Recentyearshavebroughtanumberofhismagicalbooksoflogicandmathpuzzles:TheLadyortheTiger(2009);Satan,CantorandInfinity(2009);anoriginal,never-before-publishedcollection,KingArthurinSearchofHisDogandOtherCuriousPuzzles(2010);andSetTheoryandtheContinuumProblem(withMelvinFitting,alsoreprintedbyDoverin2010).Morewillbecominginsubsequentyears.

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