Alice in Puzzle-Land A Carrollian Tale for Children Under Eighty - Hardcover

Raymond M. Smullyan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688007481 ISBN 13: 9780688007485

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1982

Synopsis

A philosopher, logician, mathematician, humorist, and magician presents a collection of puzzles ranging from simple arithmetic puzzles that can be solved by the very young to complex logic puzzles that require the ability to reason logically

About this title

About the Author:

Raymond 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. Raymond Smullyan: The Merry Prankster
Raymond 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 First-Order Logic (1995). Recent years have brought a number of his magical books of logic and math puzzles: The Lady or the Tiger (2009); Satan, Cantor and Infinity (2009); an original, never-before-published collection, King Arthur in Search of His Dog and Other Curious Puzzles (2010); and Set Theory and the Continuum Problem (with Melvin Fitting, also reprinted by Dover in 2010). More will be coming in subsequent years.

In the Author's Own Words:
"Recently, 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."

"Some 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

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0688007481
• ISBN 13: 9780688007485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 182
• Illustrator: Greer Fitting