Raymond Smullyan (1919–2017)
Autor(a) de What is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula & Other Logical Puzzles
About the Author
Raymond Merrill Smullyan was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York on May 25, 1919. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. He taught at Princeton, Yeshiva University, Lehman College of the City University of New York, mostrar mais and Indiana University. He also performed magic under the stage name Five-Ace Merrill at nightclubs like the Pump Room in Chicago. He was a puzzle-creating logician who wrote many books including The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights, The Lady or the Tiger?: And Other Logic Puzzles, Alice in Puzzle-Land: A Carrollian Tale for Children, and The Magic Garden of George B and Other Logic Puzzles. He died on February 6, 2017 at the age of 97. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras por Raymond Smullyan
The Lady or the Tiger? And Other Logic Puzzles Including a Mathematical Novel That Features Gödel's Great Discovery (1982) 454 exemplares
King Arthur in Search of His Dog and Other Curious Puzzles (Dover Books on Mathematics) (2010) 25 exemplares
A Spiritual Journey: Reflections on the Philosophy of Religion, A Transcendental Journey, and Cosmic Consciousness… (2009) 3 exemplares
Musical Memories 1 exemplar
Bosques Curiosos Y Pajaros Aristocraticos 1 exemplar
Brain Bogglers: A Puzzler's Potpourri 1 exemplar
Brain Bogglers: Family Values 1 exemplar
Brain Bogglers: Al the Chemist 1 exemplar
Brain Bogglers: The Strange Case of McSnurd 1 exemplar
Brain Bogglers: Believe It or Not 1 exemplar
Brain Bogglers: A Sickness Unto Truth 1 exemplar
Brain Bogglers: Isle of Lies 1 exemplar
Brain Bogglers: Just Say Yes - or No 1 exemplar
Brain Bogglers; Altered States 1 exemplar
First - order logic 1 exemplar
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- Nome canónico
- Smullyan, Raymond
- Nome legal
- Smullyan, Raymond Merrill
- Data de nascimento
- 1919-05-25
- Data de falecimento
- 2017-02-06
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Hudson, New York, USA
- Educação
- University of Chicago (BSc|1955)
Princeton University (PhD|1959) - Ocupações
- mathematician
logician
philosopher
magician - Relações
- Church, Alonzo (teacher)
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- 50
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- 4,617
- Popularidade
- #5,454
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 26
- ISBN
- 211
- Línguas
- 16
- Marcado como favorito
- 17
Comincio subito a mettere le mani avanti. Nonostante le apparenze, questo testo è molto tecnico, tanto che parte dai teoremi di indeterminatezza di Gödel e prosegue con le successive semplificazioni ed estensioni. Certo, è nello stile di Smullyan e quindi la trattazione è sotto forma di problemini (e problemoni...) da risolvere: confesso che dopo un po' ho lasciato perdere i problemi e mi sono limitato a guardare la parte con le soluzioni. Insomma, perfetto per gli amanti della logica a livello universitario, ma non so a chi lo consiglierei.… (mais)