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Martin Gardner (1914-2010)

 

 

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Who was Martin Gardner?

First and last, he was a skeptic, who was most well known as a scientific American, writer and annotator. This mere mortal was a mathematician, magician & mysterian, who turned out to be a big inspiration to several generations of people all over the world.

To some, Martin was the best friend mathematics ever had, and to others he was one of the most influential magicians of the last century. He's universally acknowledged as the founding father of the modern skeptical movement, and his written legacy includes over 100 books, from his best selling Annotated Alice to dozens of classics on recreational mathematics and puzzles.

But don't take our word for it, see what the experts say:

"[O]ne of the great intellects produced in this country in the 20th century"—Douglas Hofstadter

"Martin Gardner's contribution to contemporary intellectual culture is unique--in its range, its insight, and understanding of hard questions that matter"—Noam Chomsky

"[T]he single brightest beac

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Martin Gardner bibliography

Works of American writer (1914–2010)

In a publishing career spanning 80 years (1930–2010),[1]popular mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner (1914–2010) authored or edited over 100 books and countless articles, columns and reviews.

All Gardner's works were non-fiction except for two novels – The Flight of Peter Fromm (1973) and Visitors from Oz (1998) – and two collections of short pieces – The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix (1967, 1985) and The No-Sided Professor (1987).

Books

Original works

  • Match-ic (1936), Illus. by Nelson C. Hahne;Ireland Magic Company.
  • Here's New Magic: An Array of New and Original Magic Secrets (1937) "by Joe Berg" [actually ghostwritten by Gardner], Illus. by Nelson C. Hahne; Chicago: Privately printed.
  • 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck (1940), Ireland Magic Company, illust. by Harlan Tarbell, intro. by Paul Rosini.
  • After the Dessert (1941), Max Holden, illust. by Nelson Hahne.
  • Cut the Cards (1942), Max Holden, illust. by Nelson Hahne.
  • Over the Coffee Cups (1949), Tuls
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    Quick Info

    Born
    21 October 1914
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
    Died
    22 May 2010
    Norman, Oklahoma, USA
    Summary
    Martin Gardner was an American popular mathematics and science writer who had a long-running column on mathematical recreations in Scientific American.

    Biography

    Martin Gardner's father was a geologist, with a Ph.D. in geology, who dug for fossils for the Smithsonian Institution before starting up his own very small oil company. While he was still working for the Smithsonian Institution, he often took his young son Martin on his digs. Martin's mother was a primary school teacher in Lexington before her marriage but, once the children were born, she stayed at home to look after them - she did, however, keep up her hobby of painting. Martin was the oldest of his parents' three children having a younger brother Jim and sister Judith. The family were well-off, the oil business being highly lucrative, and they even had their own tennis court by the time Martin was old enough to begin playing. Before he entered primary school, Martin had learnt to read [2]:-
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