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He produced wonderful books full of logic puzzles. A delightful author.
by pmdulaney 5y ago
He produced wonderful books full of logic puzzles. A delightful author.
- mindcrime 5y agoNo doubt. I've had his A Beginner's Further Guide To Mathematical Logic for a while, and just ordered a copy of this book which I think is going to be awesome: Raymond Smullyan on Self-Reference[1] From the description: This book collects, for the first time in one volume, contributions honoring Professor Raymond Smullyan’s work on self-reference. It serves not only as a tribute to one of the great thinkers in logic, but also as a celebration of self-reference in general, to be enjoyed by all lovers of this field. I started reading this Wikipedia page and realized that his work has been even more important than I had previously realized. Definitely an interesting character in the history of math & logic. [1]: https://www.amazon.com/dp/331968731X?psc=1&smid=A1KIF2Y9A1PQYE&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp https://www.amazon.com/dp/331968731X?psc=1&smid=A1KIF2Y9A1PQ...
- pmdulaney 5y agoIf closely reading a book on self-reference is anything akin to writing a computer module utilizing recursion, I hope your brain doesn't get tied up in knots!
- mindcrime 5y agoYeah, I've been fascinated with self-reference and related topics since reading some Hofstadter stuff (part of his book Metamagical Themas) in my teens, and then reading Godel, Escher, Bach recently.