Martin Gardner - Wikipedia
Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 – May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature – especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton.
Martin Gardner Home Site
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 …
Profile: Martin Gardner, the Mathematical Gamester (1914-2010)
2010年5月22日 · Profile: Martin Gardner, the Mathematical Gamester (1914-2010) For 25 years, he wrote Scientific American 's Mathematical Games column, educating and entertaining minds and launching the...
Martin Gardner Biography
Martin Gardner lived a very long and extremely productive life. Born on 21 Oct 1914 in Tulsa, OK, USA, he earned a degree in philosophy from the University of Chicago (1936), served four years (1942–1946) in the Navy, and then moved to New York City, where he married Charlotte Greenwald in 1952, and had two sons, Jim and Tom.
Martin Gardner - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists
Martin Gardner created the long-running Mathematical Games column for Scientific American and became the twentieth century’s greatest popularizer of mathematics. A passionate enemy of pseudoscience, he was a prime mover in founding the skeptic movement and authored over 70 books on subjects as diverse as mathematics, pseudoscience, philosophy ...
Martin Gardner - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月8日 · Gardner, Martin. American Author 1914 – One of the most well-known creators of mathematical puzzles is Martin Gardner. From 1957 to 1982, he wrote a column for Scientific American called "Mathematical Recreations." He presented intriguing problems, discussed the mathematics of various games, and demonstrated recreational aspects of ...
Martin Gardner’s Autobiography: A Lifelong Quest for Truth …
2013年10月1日 · Gardner, who died in 2010 at age 95, presided over Mathematical Games for 25 years, to the delight of millions of readers.
The Top Ten Martin Gardner Scientific American Articles
How does one decide on the top ten Martin Gardner Scientific American articles, from the roughly 300 that he wrote for the magazine? The vast majority of those were "Mathematical Games" columns, which appeared monthly from January 1957 and December 1980, then increasingly sparodically until June 1986.
Martin Gardner, AB’36, prolific author and prominent skeptic, …
Martin Gardner, AB'36, a writer on wide-ranging subjects who achieved some of his greatest renown as author of the "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American, died May 22 in Norman, Okla., at age 95.
Who Was Martin Gardner? - Gathering 4 Gardner
Martin Gardner (Oct 21, 1914 – May 22, 2010) Martin Gardner was responsible for introducing math to the world in a whole new way by turning something intimidating and unapproachable to many into fun and games or—even better—magic.