The riddle of Scheherazade, and other amazing puzzles, ancient [and] modern

Once again in trouble with the king and in danger of losing her head, clever Scheherazade teases the king with a selection of 225 devious mathematical and logic puzzles, including Go+a5delian brain twisters, paradoxes, metapuzzles, logic tricks, number games, and more. 10,000 first printing." In his new book, Raymond Smullyan, grand vizier of the logic puzzle, joins Scheherazade, a charming young woman of “fantastic logical ingenuity,” to give us 1001 hours of brain-teasing fun. Scheherazade, we find, has gotten back into hot water with the king, and is once more in danger of losing her head at down. But, thinking quickly, she tempts the king to stay her execution by posing him the most delightfully devious mathematical and logic puzzle ever invented. They keep him guessing for many more nights until the fatal hour has passed, and she keeps her head. The Riddle of Scheherazade includes several wonderful old chestnuts and many fiendishly original puzzles, 225 in all. There are logic tricks and number games, metapuzzles (puzzles about puzzles), liar/truth-teller exercises, Gödelian brian twisters, baffling paradoxes, and an excursion, under Scheherazade's expert guidance, into an amusing new field invented by Smullyan, called “coercive” logic, in which the answer to a problem can actually change the fate of the puzzler! An absolute must for all puzzle fans—from the middle-school whiz to the sophisticated mathematician or computer scientist.

In this devilishly fun new puzzle book, Raymond Smullyan, the grand master of the logic puzzle, lends a helpinghand to Scheherazade from the Arabian Nights.

Fresh from the perils of the original thousand-and-one-nights, she is once again in danger of losing her head at dawn. Thinking quickly, she manages to stay her execution each evening by posing an ingenious brainteaser that keeps the king -- and the reader -- guessing until the next night. In all, The Riddle of Scheherazade includes 225 puzzles, some wonderful old brainteasers, and many wickedly original new ones. There are logic tricks and number games, true/false paradoxes, puzzles about puzzles, and much more, including an excursion into an amusing new field Smullyan calls "coercive logic," in which to answer truthfully the puzzler must actually change his behavior. Enough mind-bending fun for another thousand-and-one-nights.

in This Devilishly Fun New Puzzle Book, Raymond Smullyan, The Grand Master Of The Logic Puzzle, Lends A Helpinghand To Scheherazade From The Arabian Nights.

fresh From The Perils Of The Original Thousand-and-one-nights, She Is Once Again In Danger Of Losing Her Head At Dawn. Thinking Quickly, She Manages To Stay Her Execution Each Evening By Posing An Ingenious Brainteaser That Keeps The King -- And The Reader -- Guessing Until The Next Night. In All, the Riddle Of Scheherazade Includes 225 Puzzles, Some Wonderful Old Brainteasers, And Many Wickedly Original New Ones. There Are Logic Tricks And Number Games, True/false Paradoxes, Puzzles about Puzzles, And Much More, Including An Excursion Into An Amusing New Field Smullyan Calls Coercive Logic, In Which To Answer Truthfully The Puzzler Must Actually Change His Behavior. Enough Mind-bending Fun For another Thousand-and-one-nights.

It will be remembered that in the usual version of the Arabian Nights, a certain monarch, having reason to believe in the infidelity of his queen, not only had her put to death but vowed by his beard and the Prophet to espouse each night the most beautiful maiden in his dominions, and the next morning to deliver her to the executioner. The most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived (Martin Gardner) gives us an encore to The Lady or the Tiger?-a fiendishly clever, utterly captivating new collection of 225 brainteasers, puzzles, and paradoxes. Contains 225 brainteasers, including logic tricks, number games, paradoxes, puzzles, and other , presented in the form of a nightly riddle presented to the king by Scheherazade of "The Thousand and One Nights." A collection of more than two hundred mindbending puzzles demystifies Scheherazade and the Arabian Nights enigmas and includes logic tricks, number games, true/false paradoxes, and logic puzzles.