In this entertaining and challenging collection of logic puzzles, Raymond Smullyan -- author of Forever Undecided -- continues to delight and astonish us with his gift for making available, in the thoroughly pleasurable form of puzzles, some of the most important mathematical thinking of our time. In the first part of the book, he transports us once again to that wonderful realm where knights, knaves, twin sisters, quadruplet brothers, gods, demons, and mortals either always tell the truth or always lie, and where truth-seekers are set a variety of fascinating problems. The section culminates in an enchanting and profound metapuzzle in which Inspector Craig of Scotland Yard gets involved in a search for the Fountain of Youth on the Island of Knights and Knaves. In the second part of To Mock a Mockingbird, we accompany the Inspector on a summer-long adventure into the field of combinatory logic (a branch of logic that plays an important role in computer science and artificial intelligence). His adventure, which includes enchanted forests, talking birds, bird sociologists, and a classic quest, provides for us along the way the pleasure of solving puzzles of increasing complexity until we reach the Master Forest and -- thanks to Godel's famous theorem -- the final revelation.
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In this entertaining and challenging collection of logic puzzles, Raymond Smullyan-author of Forever Undecided-continues to delight and astonish us with his gift for making available, in the thoroughly pleasurable form of puzzles, some of the most important mathematical thinking of our time.
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PART I - LOGIC PUZZLES; PART II - KNIGHTS, KNAVES, AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH; PART III - TO MOCK A MOCKINGBIRD; PART IV - SINGING BIRDS; PART V - THE MASTER FOREST; PART VI - THE GRAND QUESTION
A novel and challenging puzzle book covering logic, philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, computer science and mathematics. Contains many exciting puzzles and their solutions making this a creative and practical book which should attract many readers in an age where computer science, logic, and mathematics are becoming increasingly important and popular Written in a accessible and entertaining style. Raymond Smullyan is a well-known mathematician and logician
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Raymond Smullyan, a well-known mathematician and logician and the author of many books, is Oscar Ewing Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University and Professor Emeritus of the City University of New York-Lehman College and Graduate Center.
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A novel and challenging puzzle book covering logic, philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, computer science and mathematics. Contains many exciting puzzles and their solutions making this a creative and practical book which should attract many readers in an age where computer science, logic, and mathematics are becoming increasingly important and popular Written in a accessible and entertaining style. Raymond Smullyan is a well-known mathematician and logician
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780192801425
Publisert
2000
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
192 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter

Biographical note

Raymond Smullyan, a well-known mathematician and logician and the author of many books, is Oscar Ewing Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University and Professor Emeritus of the City University of New York-Lehman College and Graduate Center.