Set Theory and the Continuum Problem (Pocket)
avRaymond M. Smullyan, Melvin Fitting, Raymond M. Smullyan
ISBN: 9780486474847 - UTGIVEN: 201004
The Tao is Silent (Häftad)
avRaymond M. Smullyan
ISBN: 9780060674694 - UTGIVEN: 199303A beguiling, whimsical guide to the meaning and value of Chinese philosophy to Westerners, from gardening to taking a nap.[...]
To Mock a Mockingbird (Häftad)
avRaymond M. Smullyan
ISBN: 9780192801425 - UTGIVEN: 200011This is a puzzle book covering logic, philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, computer science and mathematics. It contains many puzzles and their solutions and aims to attract many readers in an age where computer science, logic, and mathematics are becoming increasingly important.[...]
Godel's Incompleteness Theorems (Inbunden)
avRaymond M. Smullyan
ISBN: 9780195046724 - UTGIVEN: 199206Kurt Godel, the greatest logician of our time, startled the world of mathematics in 1931 with his Theorem of Undecidability, which showed that some statements in mathematics are inherently "undecidable". His work on the completeness of logic, the incompleteness of number theory, and the consistency [...]
Recursion Theory for Metamathematics (Inbunden)
avRaymond M. Smullyan
ISBN: 9780195082326 - UTGIVEN: 1993-01-28
King Arthur in Search of His Dog and Other Curious Puzzles (Pocket)
avRaymond M. Smullyan
ISBN: 9780486474359 - UTGIVEN: 2010-04
What is the Name of This Book? (Häftad)
avRaymond M. Smullyan
ISBN: 9780486481982 - UTGIVEN: 201110
Alice in Puzzle-Land (Pocket)
avRaymond M. Smullyan, Martin (INT) Gardner, Greer (ILT) Fitting
ISBN: 9780486482002 - UTGIVEN: 2011-12Characters from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass" populate these 88 intriguing puzzles. Mathematician Raymond Smullyan re-creates the spirit of Lewis Carroll's writings in puzzles involving word play, logic and metalogic, and philosophical paradoxes. Challenges range[...]
The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes (Pocket)
avRaymond M. Smullyan
ISBN: 9780486482019 - UTGIVEN: 201201Here are 50 elegant, witty chess problems concerned with deducing events in a game's past. In the first half, Holmes instructs Watson in the intricacies of retrograde analysis while the two examine interrupted games. The second half features increasingly difficult self-contained chess mysteries, inc[...]
A Beginner's Guide to Mathematical Logic (Häftad)
avRaymond M. Smullyan
ISBN: 9780486492377 - UTGIVEN: 2014-07Combining stories of great philosophers, quotations, and riddles with the fundamentals of mathematical logic, this new textbook for first courses in mathematical logic was written by the subject's creative master. Raymond Smullyan offers clear, incremental presentations of difficult logic concepts w[...]
Logical Labyrinths (Inbunden)
avRaymond M. Smullyan
ISBN: 9781568814438 - UTGIVEN: 200811This book features a unique approach to the teaching of mathematical logic by putting it in the context of the puzzles and paradoxes of common language and rational thought. It serves as a bridge from the author's puzzle books to his technical writing in the fascinating field of mathematical logic. [...]
