(Part 2) Best discrete mathematics books according to redditors
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As I'm studying for my discrete mathematics exam, I came across the following profile in my textbook:
> RAYMOND SMULLYAN (BORN 1919)
> Raymond Smullyan dropped out of high school. He wanted to study what he was really interested in and not standard high school material. After jumping from one university to the next, he earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics at the University of Chicago in 1955. He paid his college expenses by performing magic tricks at parties and clubs. He obtained a Ph.D. in logic in 1959 at Princeton, studying under Alonzo Church. After graduating from Princeton, he taught mathematics and logic at Dartmouth College, Princeton University, Yeshiva University, and the City University of New York. He joined the philosophy department at Indiana University in 1981 where he is now an emeritus professor.
> Smullyan has written many books on recreational logic and mathematics, including Satan, Cantor, and Infinity; What Is the Name of This Book?; The Lady or the Tiger?; Alice in Puzzleland; To Mock a Mockingbird; Forever Undecided; and The Riddle of Scheherazade: Amazing Logic Puzzles, Ancient and Modern. Because his logic puzzles are challenging, entertaining, and thought-provoking, he is considered to be a modern-day Lewis Carroll. Smullyan has also written advanced books on mathematical logic and set theory. He is particularly interested in self-reference and has worked on extending some of Gödel's results that show that it is impossible to write a computer program that can solve all mathematical problems. He is also particularly interested in explaining ideas from mathematical logic to the public.
> Smullyan is a talented musician and often plays piano with his wife, who is a concert-level pianist. Making telescopes is one of his hobbies. He is also interested in optics and stereo photography. He states “I've never had a conflict between teaching and research as some peopled do because when I'm teaching, I'm doing research.”
It's not every day you come across a magician, mathematician, logician, philosopher and musician who makes telescopes in his spare time. Naturally I spent the past hour watching his YouTube videos, as any good student would.