{"product_id":"the-lady-or-the-tiger-and-other-logic-puzzles-9780486470276","title":"The Lady or the Tiger?: And Other Logic Puzzles","description":"Another scintillating collection of brilliant problems and paradoxes by the most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived. -- Martin Gardner\u003cbr\u003eSmullyan is not your run-of-the-mill puzzlemeister; he polishes up old chestnuts, spins variations on a theme, and peoples his logical world with a delightful cast of characters. -- \u003ci\u003eScience 82\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI believe Ray Smullyan to be the Lewis Carroll of our times. His little books of logic puzzles will be remembered long after most of us are forgotten. -- Peter Denning, Chairman of the Computer Science Department, Naval Postgraduate School\u003cbr\u003eYou may experience small frissons of delight as you follow Smullyan into the dizzying heights of G del's proof and the very nature of proof, truth, and logic in mathematics. -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDiscover scintillating new perspectives on the principles of mathematical logic with this puzzle treasury. Inspired by the classic tale of a prisoner's choice between two doors, these whimsically themed challenges allow readers to base their decisions on logic rather than luck. Nineteen chapters advance from relatively simple puzzles and meta-puzzles to highly complex paradoxes involving probability, time, and change. The author, a well-known philosopher and magician as well as a celebrated mathematician and logician, was acclaimed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as a master at translating difficult ideas into stories and puzzles that require no formal background, only patience and a passion to learn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-807827\"\u003eRaymond M. Smullyan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.17w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486470276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 048647027X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-GAM\"\u003eGames \u0026amp; Activities\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-GAM007000\"\u003ePuzzles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-GAM\"\u003eGames \u0026amp; Activities\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-GAM005000\"\u003eLogic \u0026amp; Brain Teasers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaymond Smullyan received his PhD from Princeton University and taught at Dartmouth, Princeton, Indiana University, and New York's Lehman College. Best known for his mathematical and creative logic puzzles and games, he was also a concert pianist and a magician. He wrote over a dozen books of logic puzzles and texts on mathematical logic. \u003cb\u003eRaymond Smullyan: The Merry Prankster \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRaymond Smullyan (1919-2017), mathematician, logician, magician, creator of extraordinary puzzles, philosopher, pianist, and man of many parts. The first Dover book by Raymond Smullyan was \u003ci\u003eFirst-Order Logic\u003c\/i\u003e (1995). Recent years have brought a number of his magical books of logic and math puzzles: \u003ci\u003eThe Lady or the Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e (2009); \u003ci\u003eSatan, Cantor and Infinity\u003c\/i\u003e (2009); an original, never-before-published collection, \u003ci\u003eKing Arthur in Search of His Dog and Other Curious Puzzles\u003c\/i\u003e (2010); and \u003ci\u003eSet Theory and the Continuum Problem\u003c\/i\u003e (with Melvin Fitting, also reprinted by Dover in 2010). More will be coming in subsequent years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Author's Own Words: \u003cbr\u003eRecently, someone asked me if I believed in astrology. He seemed somewhat puzzled when I explained that the reason I don't is that I'm a Gemini. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements: they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong.' -- Raymond Smullyan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical Acclaim for \u003ci\u003eThe Lady or the Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003eAnother scintillating collection of brilliant problems and paradoxes by the most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived. -- Martin Gardner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682300432621,"sku":"9780486470276","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c5405bbf-3746-45ff-b5b3-e58b40f2bcd0.jpg?v=1649718931","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-lady-or-the-tiger-and-other-logic-puzzles-9780486470276","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}