“The most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived” (Martin Gardner) gives us an encore to The Lady or the Tiger?-a fiendishly clever, utterly captivating new collection of 225 brainteasers, puzzles, and paradoxes.
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"Smullyan's imagination seemingly knows no limits...His devilishly clever logic puzzle lead the reader from one level of complexity to the next...with a charming style and verve that propel the reader onward. -- The Los Angeles Times
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Raymond Merrill Smullyan (born May 25, 1919) is an American mathematician, concert pianist, logician, philosopher, and magician.
Born in Far Rockaway, New York, his first career (like Persi Diaconis a generation later) was stage magic. He then earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and his Ph.D. from the Princeton University in 1959. He is one of many outstanding logicians to have studied under Alonzo Church.
Smullyan is the author of many books on recreational mathematics, recreational logic, etc. Most notably, one is titled What Is the Name of This Book?.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Better than Sam Loyd!,
By Isaac Brooks "Isaac Brooks" (Haifa, Israel) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Riddle of Scheherazade: And Other Amazing Puzzles (Paperback)
This is probably the best book on logic puzzles ever written (aside from other Smullyan books, that is). It is witty, challenging, and has problems of all kinds. The first half is framed as a continuation to the Arabian Nights, with ingenious and original puzzles (aside from the occasional oldy snuck in) given an Arabian touch.
However, after those brilliant puzzles comes the greatest part of the book. The second half is a collection of puzzles, paradoxes, and even has a couple of chapters on coercive logic, invented by Raymond Smullyan himself. I reccomend this book to any logic buff, or indeed to anyone who's ever enjoyed a logic puzzle. And if you don't fall into either category, then you need this book all the more.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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It's never been so much fun to learn.,
This review is from: The Riddle of Scheherazade: And Other Amazing Puzzles, Ancient and Modern (Hardcover)
This book is a cleaverly crafted web of logic problems with thier corresponding solutions. It begins with simple riddles and math problems then quickly leads you to deeper and more facinating problems. These puzzles are arranged in a wonderful narrative with the problems getting increasing complex. Depending on your level of interest, some of the more complex puzzles can easliy go over your head if you let them. The book is definately a lot of fun for math and logic buffs that enjoy being entertained and challenged.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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The only logic book you'll ever need,
By Flutingfrenzy (Eagan, MN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Riddle of Scheherazade: And Other Amazing Puzzles (Paperback)
Seeing my frustration at being thoroughly unchallenged in logic in my math class at school, my mom bought me this book. I owe her one. There are coercive logic puzzles, easy but sneaky riddles, and math games. There are liar/truthteller problems to keep you guessing for hours. That said, this is also a great book to read on a plane. It is so complete, you will never need another brainteaser book. That is, until you memorize all the questions.
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It will be remembered that in the usual version of the Arabian Nights, a certain monarch, having reason to believe in the infidelity of his queen, not only had her put to death but vowed by his beard and the Prophet to espouse each night the most beautiful maiden in his dominions, and the next morning to deliver her to the executioner. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
different chest, coercive logic, truthful state, same chest, second diamond, another robbery, logic puzzle, weaker hand, infinite decimal, one ruby, two peaches Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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It will be remembered that in the usual version of the Arabian Nights, a certain monarch, having reason to believe in the infidelity of his queen, not only had her put to death but vowed by his beard and the Prophet to espouse each night the most beautiful maiden in his dominions, and the next morning to deliver her to the executioner. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
different chest, coercive logic, truthful state, same chest, second diamond, another robbery, logic puzzle, weaker hand, infinite decimal, one ruby, two peaches Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ali Baba, Auspicious King, The Ultimate, Which Scheherazade, Arabian Nights, Ayn Zar New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights by Raymond Smullyan in Front Matter
- The Tao Is Silent by Raymond M. Smullyan in Front Matter
- This Book Needs No Title: A Budget of Living Paradoxes (Touchstone Books) by Raymond Smullyan in Front Matter
- What is the Name of This Book? The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles by Raymond Smullyan in Front Matter
- The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes by Raymond M. Smullyan in Front Matter
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- The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi: The Ten Greatest Math Puzzles of All Time by Marcel Danesi on page 157
- Some Interesting Memories: A Paradoxical Life by Raymond Smullyan on page 146
- The Puzzle Instinct: The Meaning of Puzzles in Human Life by Marcel Danesi in Back Matter
- Puzzlers' Tribute: A Feast for the Mind by David Wolfe on page 348
- Diagrammatic Representation and Inference by Alan Blackwell on page 96
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