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The Gödelian puzzle book

The Gödelian puzzle book

puzzles, paradoxes and proofs
MathematicsPhilosophy
Pages
267
Published
2013
Language
English

Synopsis

These recreational logic puzzles provide entertaining variations on Godel's incompleteness theorems, offering ingenious challenges related to infinity, truth and provability, undecidability, and other concepts. Written by a distinguished mathematician and creator of numerous popular puzzle books, this volume requires no background in formal logic.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

IntellectualThought-ProvokingComplex

Genres

Mathematics Philosophy

About the author

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Raymond M. Smullyan

Raymond Merrill Smullyan was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher. Born in Far Rockaway, New York, his first career was stage magic. He earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1959. He is one of many logicians to have studied with Alonzo Church. Source: [Ramon Smullyan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Smullyan) on Wikipedia.