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上传日期:2007-9-21 0:00:00

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS BOOK?: THE RIDDLE OF DRACULA AND OTHER LOGICAL PUZZLES

Book ID/图书代码: 07B16335

English Summary/英文概要: If puzzles and paradoxes intrigue you, flex your brain with this entertaining menagerie of over 200 mind-bending logical puzzlers, riddles, and diversions that challenge your powers of reasoning and your common sense. Beginning with clever monkey tricks and devilish new twists on classic brain teasers, Professor Smullyan proceeds ot spin a logical labyrinth of ever more complex and challenging problems. What Is the Name of This Book? is bound to delight, engross, instruct,and sometimes perplex. But never fear: a solution is provided for every problem in the book.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 这是一本看上去陌生,读起来却似曾相识的一本书。作为多年来逻辑学入门的必读书目,中很多逻辑谜题和理论知识都被广大读者熟知。爱好逻辑学的读者可以一起去探索骑士与流氓、爱丽丝奇遇、鲍西娅匣子、克雷格侦案等等错综复杂又光怪陆离的推理世界。当你以为逻辑是枯燥概念和拗口原则的时候,斯缪利安用令人捧腹的笑话和通俗易懂的例子引领你轻松入门逻辑迷宫。这位逻辑学家,丝毫不故弄玄虚,绝不会让读者对逻辑这门学科望而生畏。他用最接地气最轻松的语言缓缓道来,令读者在其幽默中不知不觉明白了逻辑的悖论和基础原理。若你在找一本好玩、烧脑又有含金量的逻辑入门图书,这本书乃是不二之选。(DB)

Awards/获奖情况:★媒体评价

这本书是有史以来最具原创性、最具深刻性和最具幽默感的娱乐性逻辑及数学谜题集合。——马丁·加德纳《科学美国人杂志》

大量精巧的谜题是这本书的价值所在。它们为读者带来消遣、脑力锻炼和迷途指引。——威拉德·范·奥曼·奎因《纽约时报》书评版

"The most original, most profound, and most humorous collection of recreational logic and math problems ever written."---Martin Gardner, Scientific American

"The value of the book lies in the wealth of ingenious puzzles. They afford amusement, vigorous exercise, and instruction."---Willard Quine, The New York Times

"A delight... for those to whom mind-bending and mind-blowing puzzles are intriguing, this book is a godsend."---West Coast Review of Books

About the Author/作者介绍: 雷蒙德·梅里尔·斯缪利安,美国人,他是一位著名的数学家、逻辑学家、魔术师和作家,著有多部逻辑学著作,致力于传播逻辑学知识,他的著作一直是学校逻辑学入门必读书目。

Raymond Smullyan is Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at Indiana University. He holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University and has taught at Dartmough, Princeton, and The City University of New York. He is also a professional magician. His other books include the widely acclaimed What Is the Name of This Book? and Alice in Puzzle-Land.

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