by Raymond Smullyan · GEDISA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474326642
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«El enigma de Scherezade» is Raymond Smullyan's book of logical and mathematical puzzles, published by Gedisa in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the harem of One Thousand and One Nights, the narrative presents Scheherazade, who postpones her execution before the king by posing riddles each night. The work brings together 225 original puzzles, logical tricks, numerical games, paradoxes, and truth-and-lie problems, and introduces the «coercive logic» devised by the author.
The Spanish edition appeared in 1998; it belongs to the collection «Aficionados Juegos educativos».
Aimed at puzzle enthusiasts, from students to mathematicians and computer specialists.
Raymond Merrill Smullyan was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher.
