Automotive Holiday Deals BOTYKT Shop Women's Dresses Learn more nav_sap_SWP_6M_fly_beacon Rhonda Vincent egg_2015 All-New Amazon Fire TV Get Ready for the Winter Gifts Under $100 Street Art Project Amazon Gift Card Offer aos aos aos Amazon Echo Starting at $49.99 Kindle Voyage AntMan Outdoor Deals on Amazon.com BGG

Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

  • Apple
  • Android
  • Windows Phone
  • Android

To get the free app, enter your email address or mobile phone number.
Download to your computer
Kindle Cloud Reader
Facebook Twitter Pinterest

Sorry, there was a problem.

There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again.

Sorry, there was a problem.

List unavailable.
Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon
Flip to back Flip to front
Listen Playing... Paused   You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more
See all 2 images

What is the Name of This Book? The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles Paperback – October 15, 1986

by Raymond Smullyan (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars 29 customer reviews
See all 7 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions
Price
New from Used from
Hardcover
"Please retry"
—
$249.00 $36.01
Paperback
"Please retry"
$10.74
$6.74 $4.55
Paperback, October 15, 1986
—
$24.53 $0.01
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Best Books of the Year So Far
Looking for something great to read? Browse our editors' picks for 2015's Best Books of the Year in fiction, nonfiction, mysteries, children's books, and much more.
NO_CONTENT_IN_FEATURE
Hero Quick Promo
Up to 85% Off Over 1,000 Kindle Books
Visit our Holiday Deals store and save up to 85% on more than 1,000 Kindle books. These deals are valid until December 31, 2015. Learn more

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Touchstone; Reissue edition (October 15, 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671628321
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671628321
  • Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.7 x 8.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #740,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 66 people found the following review helpful
Good Intro to a DEEP Subject
By Jason Dowd on May 12, 2006
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
At the time this book was written, Raymond Smullyan was one of the world's leading experts on Godel's Incompleteness Theorems -- some of the deepest mathematical results of the 20th century.

This book is actually a gentle intro to these topics, and the most amazing part of it is that Dr. Smullyan keeps the level suitable for children.

That does NOT mean this book is not suitable for adults. It is extremely entertaining no matter what your age is.

The book is mostly a progression of logical conundrums. You are started out on the island of knights and knaves. These two types of people are visually indistinguishable, but knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie.

You are then presented with various scenarios where the objective is for you to ask one yes/no question from which you obtain some meaningful information without knowing whether the person you are asking is a knight or a knave. The obvious example of this, you meet one person on the island, and you want to ask them one yes/no question that allows you to determine whether they are a knight or a knave. Obviously, this would be pretty handy under the circumstances. Can it be done? Yes. Ask them, "If I were to ask you if you were a knight, would you say 'yes'?" A knight will always answer this question "Yes" and a knave "No". If you can follow the logic through to conclude this, you are on your way!! It's very easy to follow through for the knight, but the knave is a bit more tricky, but this example indicates the importance of case analysis and the use of hypotheticals in your questions to induce lying about lying.

The situations in the book steadily grow more complex.Read more ›
6 Comments Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A Fantastic Logic Puzzle Book
By A Customer on September 7, 1999
Format: Paperback
Raymond Smullyan introduces the readers to simple logic problems and then starts to grow them more complex. Answers to the puzzles are provided with explaination, but Smullyan's more recent books clearly dig deeper. However, if you want some good knight/knave and dracula puzzles, this is a good place to start to learn about Godel. I recommend also obtaining: "Lady or the Tiger? And Other Logic Puzzles Including a Mathematical Novel That Features Godel's Great Discovery"
Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Great Book
By M. Brenneman on July 16, 2004
Format: Paperback
A true delight to read, although the one reviewers comments (John Morrison from Houston) brought to mind the truth of Pope's comment,"A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again." As you read this book hopefully your brain will be stimulated to ask questions AND to dig deeper to learn ther answers. Smullyan is NOT wrong when he says that a false hypothesis yields a true conditional statement. I haven't read the book in decades, so I can't comment on whether or not Smullyan explicits says this, but conditional statements do not express causal relations (I can understand how a physicist would think this.)
Anyhow, this is a great book for young children with inquisitive minds and even for old children who think they know it all.
MB
Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Should be mandatory read at school
By F. Peraldi on January 2, 2009
Format: Paperback
This is a book that parents should buy for their adolescent children (until it becomes compulsory reading at school). It provides both the entertainment of tales and the much needed ability to reason.

Solving the riddles set forth by the author is one of the best investment of their time the readers can do. It will repay many times whatever line of work they end up embarking on. It is also fun.
Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A must have book of logic puzzles
By Erik Ableson on July 24, 2000
Format: Paperback
An amazing book that trains you to use your brain effectively through a careful structure that increases in complexity as you progress. I read it when very young and would like to get copies for all my staff as it is an excellent tutorial on logic and perfect for orienting systems programmers into looking at complex problems with a fresh viewpoint. Sadly it appears to be out of print and I join the cry in asking the publisher to pull it out of the archives.
Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A Wonderful Introduction to Logic
By John H. Morrison on December 30, 1997
Format: Paperback
This book is a chockful of puzzles and riddles, humorous and bizarre. The author (Raymond Smullyan) uses these puzzles to introduce formal logic in a particularly fun and interesting way. This book also illustrates the unique sense of humor many mathematicians. He characterizes a drunken mathematician as one who says, "I can prove anyshing!"
Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A mind-bending traverse of the logic puzzles
By A Customer on July 9, 1997
Format: Paperback
This was a mind boggling book.
One of my favorites in logic puzzles. Surely fits a brain addicted to Hofstadter, Douglas Adams, (Martin Gardner) and other wizards.
Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
An excellent source of logic exercises for Intro. to Logic
By William J. Letzkus on November 4, 1999
Format: Paperback
I use this book to give puzzle exercises to my University students. Publisher should re-print the book!
Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse

Most Recent Customer Reviews

Terrific puzzles! And the author has a twisted sense ...

Terrific puzzles! And the author has a twisted sense of humor. Highly recommended!

Published 1 month ago by Dave
A Lot of Fun

Keeps my 11 year old son busy. He loves it. My husband loves it too.

Published 7 months ago by Furry Marmot
A household favorite

The second grade granddaughter fell in love with these puzzles - knights and knaves, lions and unicorns, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, vampires, werewolves and more. Read more

Published 8 months ago by Scott Henson
Awesome

This book is excellent! I use it to teach high school students about logic as well as entertain guests at parties.

Published 9 months ago by wunjo
Five Stars

Fun

Published 11 months ago by luis montes
Disappointed, too much of the same

I was disappointed. This book is about one type of puzzle, the logical interpretation of questions and answers between two persons so as to identify the "type" of person... Read more

Published 16 months ago by Frank
Five Stars

Love a book that makes you think. 5/5

Published 16 months ago by I. Blais
Knights, Knaves, and Gödel’s Proof

This is a classic. If you want to try to wrestle with understanding Kurt Gödel’s incompleteness theorem and how he proved it, a more straightforward approach would be to read... Read more

Published 20 months ago by Clifford D. Conner
Love this book

I had this book 35 years ago and loaned it to someone. I am so glad it is now available. It is lot's of fun

Published 22 months ago by Cynthia Crippin
Logic Puzzler Paradise

If you like clever puzzles and well written solutions you will enjoy this book. I have used Smullyan puzzles as part of my teacher training work for nearly 30 years. Read more

Published 22 months ago by DoctorT

There's a problem loading this menu right now.

Learn more about Amazon Prime.



Want to discover more products? Check out this page to see more: brain puzzles