书目

KingArthurinSearchofHisDogandOtherCuriousPuzzles

内容简介

Puzzle-loversofallageswillgobbleupthissmorgasbordofriddles，mysteries，andlogicproblems.Thefancifulfour-partcollectionbeginswitharithmeticpuzzlesforyoungerreadersandadvancestologicproblemsrelatedtocrimedetection.PartthreefeatureslogicandarithmeticpuzzlesinvolvingKingArthurandhisDogsoftheRoundTable.ThiscompilationoforiginalconundrumsconcludeswithMerlin'selaborateplanforagrandsearchtolocatetheking'smissingdog.
Theauthorofmorethantwentybooks，mathematicianRaymondSmullyanisalsoamagicianandmusicianwithdecadesofexperienceinkeepingaudiencesentertained.Manyofhisstoriesarerootedinclassicpuzzles，buthisinnovativeapproachesoffereventhemostmathematicallyknowledgeablereadersnovelwaysofthinkingabouttraditionallogicproblems.Fifteenchaptersaboundinriddlesandotherplayfuldevices，andthecreativesolutionsareasmuchfunasthepuzzles!，

作者简介

Bornin1919,RaymondSmullyanisamathematician,logician,philosopher,magician,andmusician.Heismostfamousforhismathematicalandcreativelogicpuzzles,logictricks,andlogicgames.HeisProfessorEmeritusofMathematicsatLehmanCollege,CityUniversityofNewYork,andProfessorofPhilosophy,IndianaUniversity.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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