Martin Gardner
Most Eminent Man of Letters and Numbers
In his review of Gardner’s latest works, Michael Dirda gives a charming rundown of Gardner’s long, involved, illustrious career of being the most math-savvy non-mathematician imaginable.
Happy Birthday, Martin Gardner!
Today is Martin Gardner’s 95th birthday. Yesterday’s New York Times featured a lovely profile of the great math puzzlist.
Martin Gardner Documentary
What a great find!
We’ve had a lot of fun with the new Martin Gardner books around here, but I always find that there is more to discover about him.
David Suzuki’s The Nature of Things featured an entire piece on Gardner, from his math buddies to the sleight-of-hand circles he frequented.
Thanks to Scott, over at Grey [...]
The Martin Gardner Interview – Part 5
This 5th and final installment in Don Albers’ long interview with Martin Gardner clarifies his philosophical theism, tackles pseudoscience, and glimpses what he’s up to now. Remember, he’s still at it. Gardner just released revised editions of his Scientific American columns here at Cambridge, and has other projects in the works too.
Start from the beginning [...]
The Martin Gardner Interview Part 4
This continues Don Albers’ long interview of Gardner from last week. Or, start from the beginning.
Adam, Eve, and Navels
DA: In 1979, you talked about retiring from Scientific American that year, because you were going to turn 65. Some of us expressed real sadness at the fact that you weren’t going to be cranking out those [...]
