Satan, Cantor, And Infinity And Other Mind-bogglin

Satan, Cantor, And Infinity And Other Mind-bogglin
Author: Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2012-05-30
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0307819825

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More than two hundred new and challenging logic puzzles—the simplest brainteaser to the most complex paradoxes in contemporary mathematical thinking—from our topmost puzzlemaster (“the most entertaining logician who ever lived,” Martin Gardner has called him). Our guide to the puzzles is the Sorcerer, who resides on the Island of Knights and Knaves, where knights always tell the truth and knaves always lie, and he introduces us to the amazing magic—logic—that enables to discover which inhabitants are which. Then, in a picaresque adventure in logic, he takes us to the planet Og, to the Island of Partial Silence, and to a land where metallic robots wearing strings of capital letters are noisily duplicating and dismantling themselves and others. The reader’s job is to figure out how it all works. Finally, we accompany the Sorcerer on an alluring tour of Infinity which includes George Cantor’s amazing mathematical insights. The tour (and the book) ends with Satan devising a diabolical puzzle for one of Cantor’s prize students—who outwits him! In sum: a devilish magician’s cornucopia of puzzles—a delight for every age and level of ability.

Satan, Cantor and Infinity

Satan, Cantor and Infinity
Author: Raymond Smullyan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1993
Genre: Gödel's theorem
ISBN: 9780192861610

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Sorcery, Satan and Cantor and Other Mind Boggling Puzzles

Sorcery, Satan and Cantor and Other Mind Boggling Puzzles
Author: Raymond F.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2017-10-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781979172905

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Few things have stirred the imagination as much as Infinity! It has all sorts of curious properties which at first seem paradoxical, but then turn out not to be. As such, it provides ideal material for a puzzle book. As with my earlier puzzle books, this one starts out with new puzzles about truth- tellers and liars (knights and knaves), but I have added a remarkable character known as the Sorcerer, who is considered a magician by those around him, although he is really a logician who uses logic so cleverly that it seems like magic to those not in the know. After many exhibitions of his logical sorcery, he escorts us through a host of unusual adventures, including a visit to an island where intelligent robots create other robots and endow them with enough intelligence to create other intelligent robots, who in turn create other intelligent robots, and so forth, ad infinitum. Then, after some special puzzles related to G�del's famous theorem and some curious paradoxes about probability, time, and change, the Sorcerer gives us a guided tour of Infinity, explaining the pioneering discoveries of the great mathematician Georg Cantor, who was the first to put the subject on a logically sound basis. The Sorcerer, in his typically humorous fashion, ends up with a delightful tale of how Satan himself is outwitted by a clever student of Cantor's. On the serious side, it must be wondered at that the whole fascinating subject of Infinity is so little known to the general public! Why isn't it taught in high schools? It is no harder to understand than algebra or geometry, and it is so rewarding! The last few chapters of this book provide an inviting (and easy) introduction to the subject. Even a neophyte can understand the nature of Infinity, Cantor's amazing contribution, and an account of what may be the greatest mathematical problem of all time which remains unsolved to this very day!

Satan, Cantor and Infinity

Satan, Cantor and Infinity
Author: Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1994-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780517118009

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Satan, Cantor & Infinity

Satan, Cantor & Infinity
Author: Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486470369

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Honorable knights, lying knaves, and other fanciful characters populate this unusual survey of the principles underlying the works of Georg Cantor. Created by a renowned mathematician, these engaging puzzles apply logical precepts to issues of infinity, probability, time, and change. They require a strong mathematics background and feature complete solutions.

Exile To Babylon

Exile To Babylon
Author: David Lapham
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1621156699

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2040. The world’s precious resources are in high demand and security is found on the streets. A private military operative of reeducated gang members — the Blackshield Angels — are the only hope of liberating a vital fuel supply from a criminal overlord. The Blackshield’s best agent struggles through betrayal, love, and a seemingly unending war zone — Zone 12 — to complete his mission through a dangerous world where tattooed warlords reign supreme and giant satellites watch men from above like gods.

Gladiators, Pirates and Games of Trust

Gladiators, Pirates and Games of Trust
Author: Haim Shapira
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 178678064X

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"One of the best Decision Making and Game Theory books of all time." —Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn founder) and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (author of Black Swan), BookAuthority An accessible, light-hearted exploration of Game Theory—what it is, why it’s important, and how it can help us in our daily lives Game Theory is the mathematical formalization of interactive decision-making—it assumes that each player's goal is to maximize his/her benefit, whatever it may be. Players may be friends, foes, political parties, states, or any entity that behaves interactively, whether collectively or individually. One of the problems with game analysis is the fact that, as a player, it’s very hard to know what would benefit each of the other players. Some of us are not even clear about our own goals or what might actually benefit us. In Gladiators, Pirates, and Games of Trust, Haim Shapira shares humorous anecdotes and insightful examples to explain Game Theory, how it affects our daily lives, and how the different interactions between decision-makers can play out. In this book, you will: • Meet Nobel Laureate John F. Nash and familiarize yourself with Nash equilibrium • Learn the basic ideas of the art of negotiation • Visit the gladiators’ ring and apply for a coaching position • Build an airport and divide inheritance • Issue ultimatums and learn to trust • Review every aspect of the prisoner’s dilemma and learn about the importance of cooperation • Learn how statistics bolster lies • And much more

Games for Your Mind

Games for Your Mind
Author: Jason Rosenhouse
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2022-09-27
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 069124202X

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A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in mathematics, philosophy, and recreation Logic puzzles were first introduced to the public by Lewis Carroll in the late nineteenth century and have been popular ever since. Games like Sudoku and Mastermind are fun and engrossing recreational activities, but they also share deep foundations in mathematical logic and are worthy of serious intellectual inquiry. Games for Your Mind explores the history and future of logic puzzles while enabling you to test your skill against a variety of puzzles yourself. In this informative and entertaining book, Jason Rosenhouse begins by introducing readers to logic and logic puzzles and goes on to reveal the rich history of these puzzles. He shows how Carroll's puzzles presented Aristotelian logic as a game for children, yet also informed his scholarly work on logic. He reveals how another pioneer of logic puzzles, Raymond Smullyan, drew on classic puzzles about liars and truthtellers to illustrate Kurt Gödel's theorems and illuminate profound questions in mathematical logic. Rosenhouse then presents a new vision for the future of logic puzzles based on nonclassical logic, which is used today in computer science and automated reasoning to manipulate large and sometimes contradictory sets of data. Featuring a wealth of sample puzzles ranging from simple to extremely challenging, this lively and engaging book brings together many of the most ingenious puzzles ever devised, including the "Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever," metapuzzles, paradoxes, and the logic puzzles in detective stories.

Nonlinearity, Chaos, and Complexity

Nonlinearity, Chaos, and Complexity
Author: Cristoforo Sergio Bertuglia
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198567901

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Covering a broad range of topics and adopting a detailed philosophical approach to the subject, this text provides a comprehensive survey of the modelling of chaotic dynamics and complexity in the natural and social sciences.