Raymond Smullyan Writer

Raymond Merrill Smullyan (/ˈsmʌli.ən/; born May 25, 1919) is an American mathematician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist philosopher, and magician.Born in Far Rockaway, New York, his first career was stage magic. He then earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1959. He is one of many logicians to have studied under Alonzo Church.

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Birth dateMay 25, 1919
Birth place
Far Rockaway Queens , New York
Nationality
United States

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External resources

  1. http://pianosociety.com/cms/index.php?section=1056
  2. http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/smullyan.html
  3. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Smullyan.html
  4. http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=8027
  5. http://www.indiana.edu/~phil/people/smullyan.shtml
  6. http://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/epistemologicalNightmare.html
  7. http://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/godTaoist.html
  8. http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9451
  9. http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9568