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Computability and Logic by George Boolos
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Computability and Logic

by George And Richard Jeffrey Boolos (otherwise under George Boolos)

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Cambridge Univ. Press (1974), Paperback

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BUY THE FIFTH EDITION!!!

This is the classic textbook for anyone who wants to study logic up to and beyond Godel. However, the 4th edition is plagued with serious typographic errors in the exercises. Several proofs are, in fact, impossible. John Burgess has a list of corrections on his website, but it is better just to buy the corrected fifth edition. ( )
  lanewilkinson | Dec 4, 2009 |
A vast improvement over the fourth edition. Still the best introduction to advanced logic and metatheory. ( )
  lanewilkinson | Dec 4, 2009 |
A truly shitty book. Proof that some people can make the most interesting things seem dry, dull, and boring beyond words. ( )
  PhilipSharman | Dec 9, 2006 |
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0521007585, Paperback)

Now in its fourth edition, this book has become a classic because of its accessibility to students without a mathematical background, and because it covers not only the staple topics of an intermediate logic course such as Godel's Incompleteness Theorems, but also a large number of optional topics from Turing's theory of computability to Ramsey's theorem. John Burgess has enhanced the book by adding a selection of problems at the end of each chapter.

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