{"product_id":"what-is-the-name-of-this-book-the-riddle-of-dracula-and-other-logical-puzzles-9780486481982","title":"What Is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles","description":"The most original, most profound, and most humorous collection of recreational logic and math problems ever written. -- Martin Gardner, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe value of the book lies in the wealth of ingenious puzzles. They afford amusement, vigorous exercise, and instruction. -- Willard Van Orman Quine, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIf you're intrigued by puzzles and paradoxes, these 200 mind-bending logic puzzles, riddles, and diversions will thrill you with challenges to your powers of reason and common sense. Raymond M. Smullyan -- a celebrated mathematician, logician, magician, and author -- presents a logical labyrinth of more than 200 increasingly complex problems. The puzzles delve into G del's undecidability theorem and other examples of the deepest paradoxes of logic and set theory. Detailed solutions follow each puzzle.\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 08\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486481982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486481980\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-MAT\"\u003eMathematics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MAT025000\"\u003eRecreations \u0026amp; Games\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MAT\"\u003eMathematics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MAT018000\"\u003eLogic\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-GAM007000\"\u003ePuzzles\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\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697706799341,"sku":"9780486481982","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_35195979-e3f6-4c51-8934-2d6415825094.jpg?v=1649888254","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/what-is-the-name-of-this-book-the-riddle-of-dracula-and-other-logical-puzzles-9780486481982","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}