LOGIC MADE EASY
By Deborah Bennett, Ph.D.
Norton

While most of us consider ourselves logical and able to reason well, research proves that logical deduction is not easy for most adults. Anyone who has ever taught logic can tell you not only what questions, but also exactly the wrong answers the majority of us will give. This concise and engaging book traces the historical development of the laws of logic, how they came to be, and why even simple questions in logic continue to stump us. Almost effortlessly along the way, we learn how to make our own thinking more logical.

The history of logic is a fascinating subject that includes the stories of Aristotle’s great contributions, Leibniz’ dream of a universal language of logic that would end conflict and bring world peace, Lewis Carroll’s logic puzzles, early logic machines (computers), and the contributions of the self-taught mathematician born to the tradesman class, George Boole. LOGIC MADE EASY will make this part of the history of mathematics accessible to a wide general audience. In addition, the introduction of intriguing logic puzzles will keep the reader entertained, challenged, and engaged.

Anyone who likes popular science, puzzles, or the history of science will enjoy  LOGIC MADE EASY. Readers of Science Magazine, Scientific American, American Scientist, Discover Magazine, and New Scientist, as well as members of professional associations of mathematicians and scientists will find it downright irresistible. Although it could serve as a supplemental text for a math course for liberal arts majors, introductory philosophy, logic, or the history of math, the book is written to appeal to the widest possible audience. The author’s clear style in tandem with the use of puzzles and compelling examples will put the material well within reach of the general trade audience. It falls squarely in the tradition of such writers as Martin Davis, Amir Aczel. Paul Hoffman, Martin Gardiner, John Casti, John Allen Paulos, Keith J. Devlin, and William Dunham.

Currently as an associate professor at New Jersey City University, Dr. Bennett has been teaching mathematics for 20+ years,. Her first solo full-length book was Randomness, published by Harvard University Press in 1998, to rave reviews in both hard and paper, and translated into four languages so far. Booklist said: "Bennett is brilliantly bilingual, well able to put mathematical concepts into clear, expressive English..… compulsively readable." New Scientist: "Bennett's text...is like a café conversation between likable cognoscenti...nothing could more provoke and excite the reader." Kirkus: "Clear and detailed…. with fascinating historical asides."

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