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Satan, Cantor and Infinity: Mind-Boggling Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math).

Satan, Cantor and Infinity: Mind-Boggling Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math). The book is a wonderful romp through logic, set theory, and rational thinking.

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Also, the name Satan, Cantor, and Infinity may seem a little strange to you. However, you have to read until the . I'm fonder of Smullyan's other books, although the discussions of set theory in the latter half of the book are pretty good. Jun 25, 2015 Dmk rated it liked it. However, you have to read until the end to figure out why it’s named that. My supervisor reccomended it. And I agree with him, it's a great book. There are funny puzzles and interesting looks on Gödel's incompletenest theorems. I reccomend it to read "Forever Undecided" too, to make your knowledhe of incompletenes more complete.

Born in New York City in 1919, Raymond Smullyan is a philosopher and magician as well as a famous mathematician and logician

Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения. Born in New York City in 1919, Raymond Smullyan is a philosopher and magician as well as a famous mathematician and logician. His career as a stage magician financed his undergraduate studies at the University of Chicago as well his doctoral work at Princeton. The author of several imaginative books on recreational mathematics, Smullyan is also a classical pianist.

The book ends with a guided tour of infinity, and we hear the remarkable story of how the devil was once outwitted by a student of the mathematician Georg Cantor. Raymond Smullyan is a mathematician and logician

The book ends with a guided tour of infinity, and we hear the remarkable story of how the devil was once outwitted by a student of the mathematician Georg Cantor. Raymond Smullyan is a mathematician and logician. He has also written "The Lady or the Tiger?", "Forever Undecided - a Puzzle Guide to Goedel", "To Mock a Mockingbird", "The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes" and "The Chess Mysteries of The Arabian Knights". Format Paperback 278 pages.

Finally, we accompany the Sorcerer on an alluring tour of Infinity which includes George Cantor’s amazing mathematical insights. The tour (and the book) ends with Satan devising a diabolical puzzle for one of Cantor’s prize students-who outwits him! In sum: a devilish magician’s cornucopia of puzzles-a delight for every age and level of ability.

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.

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Publisher: Dover Publications. Part II. Puzzles and metapuzzles. Memories of the Sorcerer's Uncle.

Satan, Cantor and Infinity: Mind-Boggling Puzzles. Publisher: Dover Publications.