A charming and challenging adventure. -- Wordplay, the Crossword Blog of
The New York TimesAlice and her friends return for another romp
through Wonderland and the Looking-Glass with these eighty-eight
puzzles, paradoxes, and logic problems. Raymond M. Smullyan's characters
speak and behave like the originals, and their puzzles abound in typical
Carrollian word play, logic problems, and dark philosophical paradoxes.
Isaac Asimov described this book as amusing, entertaining, and
surprisingly educational. And it might just send you back to reread
Alice.
Readers of all ages will delight in the charming stories and the wealth
of ingenious puzzles. Written by a distinguished mathematician and
creator of popular puzzle books, this volume requires no background in
formal logic. The puzzles become progressively more complex, and
complete solutions appear at the end. Puzzle authority Martin Gardner
provides an Introduction to the text, which is enhanced by sixty
charming illustrations. An ingenious book, declared the Boston Globe,
magnificent for those who like conundrums, amusing for those who don't,
and a tribute in itself to the genius of Lewis Carroll.