What Is the Name of This Book? The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles (Pelican Books)

by Raymond M. Smullyan

Paperback, 1981

Status

Available

Call number

793.73

Publication

Penguin Books Ltd (1981), Edition: New edition, Paperback, 256 pages

Description

In his most critically acclaimed work, a celebrated mathematician presents more than 200 increasingly complex and challenging problems -- puzzles that delve into some of the deepest paradoxes of logic and set theory. Solutions. "The most original, most profound, and most humorous collection of recreational logic and math problems ever written." -- Martin Gardner.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Razinha
Delightful book of logic puzzles mentioned by Martin Gardner in his Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers and the Return of Dr. Matrix. I checked OpenLibrary.org (awesome resource!) and downloaded/borrowed a copy. Kept me company on a flight from Dalkas to New York while the guy behind never stopped
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talking the entire trip. Talking loudly. But this was as I said, delightful.
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LibraryThing member ben_a
A delightful book of logical puzzles. And you get into some real depth by the time you reach Transylvania. I bought it for the boys so they could relive my childhood, but good for adults as well.

Language

Original publication date

1978

Physical description

256 p.; 7.64 inches

ISBN

0140223398 / 9780140223392

Local notes

More than 200 increasingly complex and challenging problems — puzzles that delve into some of the deepest paradoxes of logic and set theory.
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