Four Lives
by Jason Rosenhouse, Raymond M. Smullyan
Mathematical recreationsLogic puzzlesAnecdotesMATHEMATICS / Recreations & GamesMATHEMATICS / Logic
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" This 'best of' collection of works by Raymond Smullyan features excerpts from his published writings, including logic puzzles, explorations of mathematical logic and paradoxes, retrograde analysis chess problems, jokes and anecdotes, and meditations on the philosophy of religion. In addition, numerous personal tributes salute this celebrated professor, author, and logic scholar who is also a magician and musician. "--
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Mathematical recreationsLogic puzzlesAnecdotesMATHEMATICS / Recreations & GamesMATHEMATICS / Logic
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Jason Rosenhouse
Jason Rosenhouse is an American author and professor of mathematics at James Madison University. *--Wikipedia*
Raymond M. Smullyan
25 May 1919 – 6 Feb 2017
Raymond Merrill Smullyan was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher. Born in Far Rockaway, New York, his first career was stage magic. He earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1959. He is one of many logicians to have studied with Alonzo Church. **Source**: [Ramon Smullyan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Smullyan) on Wikipedia.
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