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Raymond M. Smullyan

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.

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American mathematician

Born 25 May 1919
Died 6 Feb 2017

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  • Cover of: The lady or the tiger?: and other logic puzzles, including a mathematical novel that features Gödel's great discovery

    First published in 1982 11 editions in 4 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition ladyortigeran00smul Cover of edition ladyortiger00smul Cover of edition lelivrequirendfo00smul Cover of edition damaczytygrysora00smul
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  • Cover of: What is the name of this book?: The riddle of Dracula and other logical puzzles

    First published in 1978 10 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition whatisnameofthis00smul
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  • Cover of: First-order logic

    First published in 1968 10 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition firstorderlogic00rmsm
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  • Cover of: Alice in puzzle-land: A Carrollian tale for children under eighty

    First published in 1982 8 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition alicepuzzlelandc00smul_519
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  • Cover of: The chess mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: 50 tantalizing problems of chess detection

    First published in 1979 8 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition chessmysteriessh00smul_962 Cover of edition chessmysteriessh00smul_140 Cover of edition sherlockholmesen00smul
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  • Cover of: Za vedno neodločeno: ugankarski vodič za Gödela

    First published in 1987 8 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition foreverundecided00smul_202 Cover of edition foreverundecided00rsmu Cover of edition foreverundecided00smul_965
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  • Cover of: Whodunnit?: Utterly Baffling Detective Stories

    First published in 1998 8 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition whodunitdetectiv0000unse Cover of edition detectivestories00phil Cover of edition detectivestories00pull Cover of edition isbn_9780753451571
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  • Cover of: The riddle of Scheherazade and other amazing puzzles, ancient & modern

    First published in 1997 6 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition lesenigmesdesche0000smul Cover of edition riddlescheheraza00rsmu
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  • Cover of: This book needs no title: a budget of living paradoxes

    First published in 1980 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition thisbookneedsnot00smul
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  • Cover of: King Arthur in search of his dog and other curious puzzles

    First published in 2010 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Set theory and the continuum problem

    First published in 1996 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition settheorycontinu00smul
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  • Cover of: The Gödelian puzzle book: puzzles, paradoxes and proofs

    First published in 2013 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Four Lives: A Celebration of Raymond Smullyan

    First published in 2014 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A Beginners Guide To Mathematical Logic

    First published in 2014 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The magic garden of George B. and other logic puzzles

    First published in 2007 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A Spiritual Journey: Reflections on the Philosophy of Religion, A Transcendental Journey, and Cosmic Consciousness Redux

    First published in 2009 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A beginner's further guide to mathematical logic

    First published in 2017 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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American mathematician

Born 25 May 1919
Died 6 Feb 2017
Subjects
Mathematical recreations, Logic puzzles, Puzzles, Symbolic and mathematical Logic, Arithmétique, Casse-tête, Devinettes et énigmes, Gödel's theorem, Logic, Logic, Symbolic and mathematical, Logic, symbolic and mathematical, Logika, Logique, MATHEMATICS / Logic, MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games, Philosophical recreations, Anecdotes, Anglo-Saxons, Boolean Algebra, Chess, Chess problems, Children's fiction, Children's stories, Continuum hypothesis, Detective and mystery stories
Places
Calcutta, England, India, Surrey
People
Sherlock Holmes, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, John H. Watson, Kurt Gödel (1906-1978), Stroke Moran

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February 15, 2023 Edited by Stew Add soc. link, delete extra aliases.
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