The Lady or the Tiger?

Raymond M. Smullyan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

226 Seiten

2001 | New edition
Oxford Paperbacks (Verlag)
9780192801432 (ISBN)

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This text presents a series of logic puzzles of varying difficulty, where an array of imaginary characters pose the questions. The final section of the book, "The Mystery of the Monte Carlo Lock", is a mathematical novel.

This text presents a series of logic puzzles, ranging from the simplest problems to the most tantalizing complexities. An array of imaginary characters - sane and insane vampires, psychiatrists, dreamers, hermits, kings, knights and knaves - pose questions, giving just enough information to enable the reader to solve problems of increasing difficulty. The final section of the book, "The Mystery of the Monte Carlo Lock", is a mathematical novel. Beginning with the problem of finding a combination to open a safe, Inspector Craig of Scotland Yard finds himself in ever deeper mathematical waters, which lead eventually to the very heart of Godel's revolutionary theory of undecidability.

Part I - The Lady or the Tiger. 1: Chestnuts - Old and New. 2: Ladies or Tigers?. 3: The Assylum of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather. 4: Inspector Craig Visits Transylvania. Part II - Puzzles and Metapuzzles. 5: The Island of Questioners. 6: The Isle of Dreams. 7: Metapuzzles. Part III - The Mystery of the Monte Carlo Lock. 8: The Mystery of the Monte Carlo Lock. 9: A Curious Number Machine. 10: Craig's Law. 11: Fergusson's Law. 12: Interlude: Lat's Gerneralize. 13: The Key. Part IV - Solvable or Unsolvable. 14: Fergusson's Logic Machine. 15: Provability and Truth. 16: Machines that Talk about Themselves. 17: Mortal And Immortal Numbers. 18: The Machine that Never Got Built. 19: Leibniz's Dream

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2001
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre
ISBN-13	9780192801432 / 9780192801432
Zustand	Neuware