Martin Gardner
Mathematician, Author
1914 – 2010
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Who was Martin Gardner?
Martin Gardner was an American popular mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, literature, philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion. He wrote the Mathematical Games column in Scientific American from 1956 to 1981 and the Notes of a Fringe-Watcher column in Skeptical Inquirer from 1983 to 2002 and published more than 100 books.
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- Born
- Oct 21, 1914
Tulsa - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
Philosophy
( - 1936)
- University of Chicago
- Employment
- Nature Publishing Group
( - 1981)
- Nature Publishing Group
- Lived in
- Tulsa
- Oklahoma
- Died
- May 22, 2010
Norman
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on July 23, 2013
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