What Is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles

作者 Raymond M. Smullyan著
出版社 Dover Publications
出版时间 2011年8月第1版
ISBN 9780486481982
定价 110.60

内容简介

Ifyou'reintriguedbypuzzlesandparadoxes,these200mind-bendinglogicpuzzles,riddles,anddiversionswillthrillyouwithchallengestoyourpowersofreasonandcommonsense.RaymondM.Smullyan—acelebratedmathematician,logician,magician,andauthor—presentsalogicallabyrinthofmorethan200increasinglycomplexproblems.ThepuzzlesdelveintoGödel’sundecidabilitytheoremandotherexamplesofthedeepestparadoxesoflogicandsettheory.Detailedsolutionsfolloweachpuzzle.

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.