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Martin Gardner

Born

in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The United States

October 21, 1914

Died

May 22, 2010

Genre

Mathematics, Science

Influences

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Martin Gardner was an American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, literature (especially the writings of Lewis Carroll), philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion. He wrote the Mathematical Games column in Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, and published over 70 books.

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	Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science 4.06 avg rating — 1,131 ratings — published 1952 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math) (Dover Puzzle Books: Math Puzzles) 4.13 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 1994 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aha! Gotcha: Paradoxes to Puzzle & Delight by Martin Gardner, Brenn Lea Pearson (Designed by) 4.15 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 1975 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Colossal Book of Mathematics 4.32 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Relativity Simply Explained by Martin Gardner, Anthony Ravielli (Illustrations) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 466 ratings — published 1967 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hexaflexagons and Other Mathematical Diversions 4.25 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 1959 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Did Adam and Eve Have Navels? 3.53 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aha! Insight 4.33 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1978 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing (Dover Puzzle Books) 3.89 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1972 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener 4.04 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1983 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.”
― Martin Gardner

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“If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is “How should I know?”… I am not dismayed by ultimate mysteries… I can no more grasp what is behind such questions as my cat can understand what is behind the clatter I make while I type this paragraph.”
― Martin Gardner, The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener

tags: existence, philosophy, realism, solipsism

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“Her constant orders for beheading are shocking to those modern critics of children's literature who feel that juvenile fiction should be free of all violence and especially violence with Freudian undertones. Even the Oz books of L. Frank Baum, so singularly free of the horrors to be found in Grimm and Andersen, contain many scenes of decapitation. As far as I know, there have been no empirical studies of how children react to such scenes and what harm if any is done to their psyche. My guess is that the normal child finds it all very amusing and is not damaged in the least, but that books like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz should not be allowed to circulate indiscriminately among adults who are undergoing analysis.”
― Martin Gardner, The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition

tags: beheading, children, death, literature, media, reading

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