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Remembering Raymond: An Obituary of Raymond Smullyan

Remembering Raymond: An Obituary of Raymond Smullyan

His looks would remind you of the wizard from Harry Potter movies. His nimble fingers can play effortlessly, Mozart and Chopin, on the piano. He can wave his empty hands and pull out a pigeon from nowhere. All this would have happened till 6 February 2017. That was when Raymond

The illogical death of a brilliant logician: George Boole

Boolean Algebra

The illogical death of a brilliant logician: George Boole

This story is about George Boole, who made several fundamental contributions to mathematics. His contributions have applications in computer programming, electrical engineering, satellite pictures, telephone circuits and even Einstein’s theory of relativity. His most famous contribution is “Boolean algebra”, which forms the basis of symbolic logic and all Computers

Seduced by Logic : Emilie du Chatelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution

Seduced by Logic : Emilie du Chatelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution

Robyn Arianrhod University of Queensland Press, 2011, 352 pp. There can be no doubt in the 21st century about the power of mathematical physics to transform our material existence. The atomic bomb, television and mobile phone are among its many offspring. Robyn Arianrhod’s Seduced by Logic opens in 1706,

Logic and Games

Logic and Games

Soumya Paul, from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai recently gave a talk titled “Logic and Games” at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tezpur University. The abstract of the talk is given below: The connection between logic and two player zero sum games is well known. They can be seen