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# A Beginner's Guide to Mathematical Logic (Dover Books on Mathematics)

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Outstanding
  

*by J***H on Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2020*

This book could possibly be used as a first course in logic by reading the first few sections of Chapter 5 while reading Chapter 1, but there are so many (beautiful) proofs to the problems in the first four chapters of mathematical background that it would be difficult to comprehend the first four chapters without knowing some logic (or having mathematical maturity) already. For learning logic for the first time a better book would be Patrick Suppes' Introduction to Logic.If it's possible for a book on mathematical logic to be a pleasure to read, this book is it though. Professor Smullyan is a great teacher.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Fan of Smullyan Very Frustrated by this Particular Text (the Kindle version)
  

*by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2014*

I should begin by noting that I've been a fan of Raymond Smullyan's books for many years now and have bought and enjoyed each volume.  Although often described as "puzzle" books (which they are), they are also much more than that as Professor Smullyan uses his puzzles, all of which are normally woven into well-told stories and tales, not only to entertain, but also to teach various aspects of logic.  I've found all the books to be (very) interesting reads, challenging, and amazingly effective at elevating one's understanding of some often daunting matters.  As an example, one of his books brings one along to the point of actually understanding, in much more than just a "pop-science" way, some of the complexities and implications of Kurt Godel's work--quite an accomplishment.  As a result, when I saw that Smullyan had written a more formal guide to mathematical logic, I quickly availed myself of the opportunity of buying it and digging in.  Unfortunately, I became somewhat frustrated for two separate but related reasons, one of which was due simply to having purchased the Kindle edition.  The first difficulty is due to a quirk of mine, but one I believe may be shared by others.  Often in academic texts about math or the hard sciences problems or exercises are given at the end of chapters which allow one to practice the topics covered in that particular chapter.  Most teachers of math generally agree that having the students do a number of such problems is very useful, maybe even essential, to allowing students to gain mastery of the topic in question.  I agree with this general attitude or belief.  I also believe, however, that doing the exercises should not be essential before moving on to the next chapter.  In particular, a number of texts make it necessary to complete some of the final exercises because the answers provide essential information required to be able to understand the following chapters.  This is a tendency that I dislike and find both unnecessary and manipulative, even if not intended to be so by the author.  Well, Smullyan's text interposes every few paragraphs or pages within each chapter puzzles, similar to those in his more puzzle-oriented books, that one must complete before one can understand or appreciate the paragraphs that follow.  This tendency, even if one is not bothered by such (as I am, at least in more formal, not puzzle, books) slows down the reading of the text, and breaks the flow of study a bit too much for my liking.  The other difficulty I had with the text is due to having the Kindle version.  In a normal book version, as one dealt with each of the puzzles mentioned above, one could flip to the end of each chapter to check one's solution with that given by Smullyan, or, by reading the first part of the answer, get a useful hint to how best to solve the puzzle.  It would also be easy to flip back and forth readily, should there be the desire or need to do so.  With the Kindle, paging forward a large number of screens and then paging back, particularly if one had to do that a number of times for each puzzle/teaching point, becomes definitely burdensome and frustrating.  If the desire to keep the puzzles in the text rather than simply explain the points being made by them is strong enough, one could put the answers immediately following each respective puzzle question, thus eliminating the constant flipping back and forth.  This work-around, however, would require presumably a good deal of time and money changing the format from the printed version to the e-book version, so I understand why this will probably not happen.  Anyway, I remain a fan of Smullyan, and will continue to purchase his books (the solid ones, not any future e-books), but it was frustrating that this one, which I really wanted to learn from, was so difficult and tiring to deal with.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Still one more extrordinary book from an extraordinary man. May he write many more mathematical jewels!
  

*by G***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2014*

This is another absolutely incredible masterpiece from an absolutely incredible man!  Raymond Smullyan is unique unto himself and a one-man show! Every book he produces is a gem. He entertains while teaching and teaches while entertaining. And he effortlessly - modulo intense hard work on the part of the reader - moves from fundamental concepts in logic up to the dizzy heights of mathematical logic as it stands today.Dr. Smullyan is a remarkable man on all levels and a real delight! It is my sincere hope that I will stumble upon him during one of my many sojourns out of this mortal coil that we call ordinary life!

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