TheChessMysteriesofSherlockHolmes:50TantalizingProblemsofChessDetection福尔摩斯

作者 Raymond M. Smullyan著
出版社 DoverPublications
出版时间 2012年1月
ISBN 9780486482019
定价 111.20

内容简介

JointhemastersleuthasheandDr.Watsonexamineinterruptedchessmatchesatclubsandcountryhomes，examiningthepieces'currentpositionstoidentifypreviousmoves.Ratherthanpredictingtheoutcomeofthesegames，theBakerStreetduofocusonpastevents，usingthesamevarietyoflogicalreasoningthatunlocksthesecretstotheirever-popularmysteries.HolmesinstructsWatson(andus)intheintricaciesofretrogradeanalysisinordertodeduceonwhichsquarethewhitequeenwascaptured，whetherapawnhasbeenpromoted，andwhichpiecehasbeenreplacedbyacoin.Themysteriesgrowincreasinglycomplex，culminatinginadoublemurderperpetratedbythedeviousProfessorMoriarty.
PhilosopherandlogicianRaymondSmullyanbrilliantlyrecapturesthemoodofSirArthurConanDoyle'stales.Readersneedonlyaknowledgeofhowthepiecesmove;thefirstpuzzlesexplainalloftheconceptsthatariselateron.Thesewittyandchallengingproblemswillcaptivatechessaficionados，puzzleenthusiasts，SherlockHolmesfans，andeveryonewhorelishesmysteries，crimestories，andtalesofdetection.，

作者简介

RaymondSmullyanreceivedhisPhDfromPrincetonUniversityandhastaughtatDartmouth,Princeton,IndianaUniversity,andNewYork'sLehmanCollege.Bestknownforhismathematicalandcreativelogicpuzzlesandgames,heisalsoaconcertpianistandamagician.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.IntheAuthor'sOwnWords:
"Recently,someoneaskedmeifIbelievedinastrology.HeseemedsomewhatpuzzledwhenIexplainedthatthereasonIdon'tisthatI'maGemini.""Somepeoplearealwayscriticalofvaguestatements.Itendrathertobecriticalofprecisestatements:theyaretheonlyoneswhichcancorrectlybelabeled'wrong.'"—RaymondSmullyanCriticalAcclaimforTheLadyortheTiger:
"Anotherscintillatingcollectionofbrilliantproblemsandparadoxesbythemostentertaininglogicianandsettheoristwhoeverlived."—MartinGardner,,

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