Satan, Cantor, And Infinity And Other Mind-bogglin

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Satan, Cantor, And Infinity And Other Mind-bogglin

More than two hundred new and challenging logic puzzlesâ€”the simplest brainteaser to the most complex paradoxes in contemporary mathematical thinkingâ€”from our topmost puzzlemaster (â€œthe most entertaining logician who ever lived,â€ Martin Gardner has called him).

Our guide to the puzzles is the Sorcerer, who resides on the Island of Knights and Knaves, where knights always tell the truth and knaves always lie, and he introduces us to the amazing magicâ€”logicâ€”that enables to discover which inhabitants are which. Then, in a picaresque adventure in logic, he takes us to the planet Og, to the Island of Partial Silence, and to a land where metallic robots wearing strings of capital letters are noisily duplicating and dismantling themselves and others. The readerâ€™s job is to figure out how it all works.

Finally, we accompany the Sorcerer on an alluring tour of Infinity which includes George Cantorâ€™s amazing mathematical insights. The tour (and the book) ends with Satan devising a diabolical puzzle for one of Cantorâ€™s prize studentsâ€”who outwits him!
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In sum: a devilish magicianâ€™s cornucopia of puzzlesâ€”a delight for every age and level of ability.

Country	USA
Author	Raymond M. Smullyan
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780307819826
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
NumberOfPages	270
PublicationDate	2012-05-30
Publisher	Knopf
ReleaseDate	2012-05-30
Studio	Knopf

Satan, Cantor, And Infinity And Other Mind-bogglin

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