Alice in puzzle-land
a Carrollian tale for children under eighty
by Raymond M. Smullyan · first published 1982
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A range of puzzles dealing with word play and logic, mathematics and philosophy, featuring Alice and the creatures of Wonderland.
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…Mathematical Tourist Davis and Hersh, The Mathematical Experience Polya, How to Solve It Huff, How to Lie With Statistics McGervey, Probabilities in Everyday Life Raymond Smullyan: The Lady or the Tiger, Alice in Puzzle-Land, others Anything by Martin Gardner. I happen to have picked up Mathematical Magic Show and Mathematical Circus, but I'm sure there are many other collections. I also recommend cryptography stuff. David…
on “Ask HN: Good books on mathematics for somebody who's only taken high school math?” ↗…had a Philosophy class, and its book [0] had chapters in which their endings short stories. Two of the chapters (5: Learning and Intelligence, 14: Reality) had interesting excerpts from Smullyan's books Alice in Puzzle-land [1] and Five Thousand B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies [2], respectively. They highlight philosophical concepts in a way that makes them sort of 'self-explanatory', especially for a beginner student.…
on “The Raymond Smullyan Society” ↗…encylopedia volumes without spending one's life working out at gym to be able to effortlessly carry/handle the encylopedia volume(s). Categorical/Topi 'sea' type stuff: "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carol; "Alice in Puzzle-Land: A Carrollian Tale for Children Under Eighty" by Raymond M. Smullyan "To Mock a Mockingbird" by Raymond Smullyan; "The New Turing Omnibus: Sixty-Six Excursions in Computer Science" by A.K. Dewdney "Once…
on “Ask HN: I'm thinking of writing a book – Why would you want a book?” ↗…I could get my hands on that Smullyan wrote when I was 12 or so. I still have many of the copies of articles, old books, and the notes from my attempts to work his puzzles in a box, and just opening Alice in Puzzle-Land, like the madeleine from Proust, instantly brings me back to that time. Highly recommended.
on “The Entertainer: In Praise of Raymond Smullyan” ↗