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The Riddle of Scheherazade: And Other Amazing Puzzles Paperback – November 12, 1998

by Raymond Smullyan (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars 13 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Series: Harvest Book
  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Mariner Books; 1st Harvest ed edition (November 12, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0156006065
  • ISBN-13: 978-0156006064
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Better than Sam Loyd!
By Isaac Brooks on July 27, 2004
Format: 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.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
It's never been so much fun to learn.
By A Customer on May 25, 1999
Format: 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.
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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Smullyan is a national treasure.
By Neil Roseman on November 16, 1999
Format: Hardcover
Another challenging set of puzzles from one of our most inventive minds. The book not only has a range of great puzzles, and introduces 'coercive logic' puzzles, but is fun to read as well.
The use of the Scheherazade tale as a backdrop is clever and fun. As usual Smullyan gets us to a deeper understanding of logical theory, while we think we're just playing games!
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
The only logic book you'll ever need
By Flutingfrenzy on February 1, 2001
Format: 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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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Good book---too much algebra
By Adam S on August 31, 2004
Format: Paperback
This book is a good source of riddles, old and new. Unfortunately, a lot of the riddles are just basic algebra problems... and that's not very fun. But if you skip (or quickly work out) the silly algebra riddles, there are still a lot of other interesting riddles. And also there's a neat way to prove Gauss's summing rule in this book.

Also, I was looking for an errata for this book, but I couldn't find one, so I will just mention here that the answer to number 71 is incorrect. But, if you just remove the last sentence from the answer, then it is right.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
My algebra students love this book
By Sylvia on April 11, 2013
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This book has a ton of great riddles framed in a cute, if somewhat campy storyline about Scheherazade and the sultan. Many of the riddles require algebra, but I haven't run into any more complicated math than that yet. The classic liar/truth-teller logic puzzles are here, as well as some more visual puzzles, and a few real "who am I?" riddles thrown in for fun.

I highly recommend it for a math class--I end each class with 15 minutes of riddles (sometimes we do 3 or 4 in that time, sometimes it's only enough to work through 1). Although to me some of the puzzles are just true algebra word problems, they never complain and love to figure them out.

The later parts of the book move into more advanced logic puzzles and concepts, which I am considering using for my Geometry students. A really nice resource!
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very cool riddle book
By wonder7 on January 2, 2008
Format: Paperback
I bought this book because I like math and puzzles, and a friend who teaches middle school math had mentioned that she and her class were having fun going through the puzzles. I really enjoyed the puzzles in this book, most of which are math or number oriented, but some of which are more like word riddles. The answers and thought processes used are in the back of the book, although I swear a couple are wrong! I know this sounds a little odd, but doing the puzzles at night was a great help a few nights with insomnia (so I could think through a logic or math problem in my head until I fell asleep, rather than let my mind wander to more stessful life events...)
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