A Beginner's Guide to Mathematical Logic - (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Raymond M Smullyan (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Combining stories of great writers and philosophers with quotations and riddles, this original text for first courses in mathematical logic examines problems related to proofs, propositional logic and first-order logic, undecidability, and other topics. 2014 edition.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Written by a creative master of mathematical logic, this introductory text combines stories of great philosophers, quotations, and riddles with the fundamentals of mathematical logic. Author Raymond Smullyan offers clear, incremental presentations of difficult logic concepts. He highlights each subject with inventive explanations and unique problems.<br>Smullyan's accessible narrative provides memorable examples of concepts related to proofs, propositional logic and first-order logic, incompleteness theorems, and incompleteness proofs. Additional topics include undecidability, combinatoric logic, and recursion theory. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses, this book will also amuse and enlighten mathematically minded readers. 2014 edition.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Written by a creative master of mathematical logic, this introductory text combines stories of great philosophers, quotations, and riddles with the fundamentals of mathematical logic. Author Raymond Smullyan offers clear, incremental presentations of difficult logic concepts. He highlights each subject with inventive explanations and unique problems.<br>Smullyan's accessible narrative provides memorable examples of concepts related to proofs, propositional logic and first-order logic, incompleteness theorems, and incompleteness proofs. Additional topics include undecidability, combinatoric logic, and recursion theory. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses, this book will also amuse and enlighten mathematically minded readers. <br>Dover (2014) original publication. <br>See every Dover book in print at<br><b>www.doverpublications.com</b><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>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. <b>Raymond Smullyan: The Merry Prankster <br></b>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 <i>First-Order Logic</i> (1995). Recent years have brought a number of his magical books of logic and math puzzles: <i>The Lady or the Tiger</i> (2009); <i>Satan, Cantor and Infinity</i> (2009); an original, never-before-published collection, <i>King Arthur in Search of His Dog and Other Curious Puzzles</i> (2010); and <i>Set Theory and the Continuum Problem</i> (with Melvin Fitting, also reprinted by Dover in 2010). More will be coming in subsequent years. <p><b><p>In the Author's Own Words: <br></b>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. <p>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 </p></p></p></p>
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