The Gödelian Puzzle Book :Puzzles, Paradoxes and Proofs
The Gödelian Puzzle Book :Puzzles, Paradoxes and Proofs
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30 September, 2013
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These recreational logic puzzles provide entertaining variations on Gödel's incompleteness theorems, offering ingenious challenges related to infinity, truth and provability, undecidability, and other concepts. Written by a distinguished mathematician and creator of numerous popular puzzle books, this volume requires no background in formal logic and will delight readers of all ages.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780486497051 |
| ISBN10 | 0486497054 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 345 g |
| Product Dimensions | 137 x 216 x 17 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format | paperback |
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Raymond Smullyan received his PhD from Princeton University and has taught at Dartmouth, Princeton, Indiana University, and New York's Lehman College. Best known for his mathematical and creative logic puzzles and games, he is also a concert pianist and a magician. He is the author of over a dozen books of logic puzzles and texts on mathematical logic.