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Martin Gardner has entertained the world with his puzzles for decades and inspired countless mathematicians and scientists. As he rounds out another decade, his colleagues are paying him tribute with this special collection that contains contributions from some of the most respected puzzlemasters, magicians and mathematicians, including: John H. Conway, William R. Gosper, Ed Pegg, Jr., Roger Penrose, Raymond Smullyan, and Peter Winkler. And of course there is something from the orignal puzzlemaster himself, Martin Gardner.
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Martin Gardner (1914 -) was the Mathematical Games columnist for Scientific American. He originated the column in 1956, and his columns appeared until his retirement from the magazine in 1986. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago in 1936. Prior to his Navy service in World War II, he was a reporter on the Tulsa Tribune and a staff writer with the University of Chicago Press Relations Department. After the war, he became a freelance writer.
Martin Gardner has entertained the world with his puzzles for decades and inspired countless mathematicians and scientists. As he rounds out another decade, his colleagues are paying him tribute with this special collection that contains contributions from some of the most respected puzzlemasters, magicians and mathematicians, including: John H. Conway, William R. Gosper, Ed Pegg, Jr., Roger Penrose, Raymond Smullyan, and Peter Winkler. And of course there is something from the orignal puzzlemaster himself, Martin Gardner.
About the Author
Martin Gardner (1914 -) was the Mathematical Games columnist for Scientific American. He originated the column in 1956, and his columns appeared until his retirement from the magazine in 1986. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago in 1936. Prior to his Navy service in World War II, he was a reporter on the Tulsa Tribune and a staff writer with the University of Chicago Press Relations Department. After the war, he became a freelance writer.
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