{"product_id":"the-lady-or-the-tiger-raymond-m-smullyan-9780486470276","title":"The Lady or the Tiger?: And Other Logic Puzzles","description":"\"Another scintillating collection of brilliant problems and paradoxes by the most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived.\" -- Martin Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\"Smullyan is not your run-of-the-mill puzzlemeister; he polishes up old chestnuts, spins variations on a theme, and peoples his logical world with a delightful cast of characters.\" -- \u003ci\u003eScience 82\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I believe Ray Smullyan to be the Lewis Carroll of our times. His little books of logic puzzles will be remembered long after most of us are forgotten.\" -- Peter Denning, Chairman of the Computer Science Department, Naval Postgraduate School\u003cbr\u003e\"You may experience small frissons of delight as you follow Smullyan into the dizzying heights of Gel's proof and the very nature of proof, truth, and logic in mathematics.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDiscover scintillating new perspectives on the principles of mathematical logic with this puzzle treasury. Inspired by the classic tale of a prisoner's choice between two doors, these whimsically themed challenges allow readers to base their decisions on logic rather than luck. Nineteen chapters advance from relatively simple puzzles and meta-puzzles to highly complex paradoxes involving probability, time, and change. The author, a well-known philosopher and magician as well as a celebrated mathematician and logician, was acclaimed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a master at translating difficult ideas into stories and puzzles that require no formal background, only patience and a passion to learn.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond M. Smullyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 048647027X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486470276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.17w x 0.49d","brand":"Raymond M. Smullyan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043531845887,"sku":"9780486470276","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68797ede-89a4-4f45-92b1-2b542c801c31.jpg?v=1684967692","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lady-or-the-tiger-raymond-m-smullyan-9780486470276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}