The magic garden of George B : and other logic puzzles /
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World Scientific,
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Publisher Address: | New Jersey : |
Publication Dates: | [2015] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | x, 170 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9789814678551 (pbk : alk. paper) : 9814678554 (pbk : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | QA95 |
CLC: | G898.2 |
Call Number: | G898.2/S666 |
Contents: | It's all a question of logic : puzzles or monkey tricks -- Which lady -- Which witch -- Which island -- McGregor's arithmetic tricks -- Ask Eldon White -- Al, the chemist -- Sane or mad -- The strange case of McSnurd -- The knight-knave disease -- Human or android -- Variable lying and paradox -- The magic garden : George's garden -- Some neighboring gardens -- The grand problem solved! -- Boolean gardens and variable liars -- Propositional logic and Boolean gardens -- The Boolean theory of sets -- Boolean algebras in general -- Boolean gardens revisited -- Another grand problem -- George Boole and mathematical logic. |