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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 (1919–2017)

Born	25 May 1919
Died	6 Feb 2017

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The lady or the tiger?: and other logical puzzles

by Raymond M. Smullyan
First published in 1982 — 11 editions
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What is the name of this book?: The riddle of Dracula and other logical puzzles

by Raymond M. Smullyan
First published in 1978 — 10 editions
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First-order logic

by Raymond M. Smullyan
First published in 1968 — 10 editions
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Satan, Cantor, and infinity: and other mind-boggling puzzles

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 1992 — 9 editions

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Za vedno neodločeno: ugankarski vodič za Gödela

by Raymond M. Smullyan
First published in 1987 — 8 editions
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The chess mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: 50 tantalizing problems of chess detection

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 1979 — 8 editions
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Alice in puzzle-land: A Carrollian tale for children under eighty

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 1982 — 8 editions
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Whodunnit?: Utterly Baffling Detective Stories

by Philip Pullman, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Isaac Asimov, E. C. Bentley, Erich Kästner, Dorothy L. Sayers, Raymond M. Smullyan, Damon Runyon, and 6 others
First published in 1998 — 8 editions
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The tao is silent

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 1977 — 7 editions

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The riddle of Scheherazade and other amazing puzzles, ancient & modern

by Raymond M. Smullyan
First published in 1997 — 6 editions

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To mock a mocking bird and other logic puzzles: including an amazing adventure in combinatory logic

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 1985 — 5 editions

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This book needs no title: a budget of living paradoxes

by Raymond M. Smullyan
First published in 1980 — 5 editions
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King Arthur in search of his dog and other curious puzzles

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 2010 — 4 editions
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Who Knows?: A Study of Religious Consciousness

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 2003 — 4 editions

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Gödel's incompleteness theorems

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 1992 — 4 editions

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Theory of formal systems.

by Raymond M. Smullyan
First published in 1961 — 4 editions

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5000 B.C. and other philosophical fantasies

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 1983 — 4 editions

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The chess mysteries of the Arabian knights

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 1981 — 4 editions

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The Gödelian puzzle book: puzzles, paradoxes and proofs

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 2013 — 3 editions
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Logical labyrinths

by Raymond M. Smullyan First published in 2008 — 3 editions

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American mathematician (1919–2017)

Born	25 May 1919
Died	6 Feb 2017

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OLID: OL223521A
GoodReads: 951363
ISNI: 0000000121471432
IMDb: nm8126337
Library of Congress Names: n80001012
LibraryThing: smullyanraymondm
VIAF: 108832636
Wikidata: Q441178
Inventaire.io: wd:Q441178

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Alternative names

Raymond Smullyan
Raymond M. Smullyan
R.M. Smullyan
M. Smullyan Raymond

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Raymond M. Smullyan