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Gardner identified the memorandum that his column was based on and invited readers to write to Rivest to request a copy of it. Over seven thousand requests came pouring in, some of them from other countries. This caused significant consternation in the US defense agencies and possible legal problems
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These new ciphers are not absolutely unbreakable in the sense of the one-time pad. but in practice they are unbreakable in a much stronger sense than any cipher previously designed for widespread use. In principle these new ciphers can be broken. but only by computer programs that run for millions of
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Gould (1982): In this climate, beleaguered rationalism needs its skilled debaters – writers who can combine wit, penetrating analysis, sharp prose, and sweet reason into an expansive view that expunges nonsense without stifling innovation, and that presents the excitement and humanity
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Berlekamp (2014): Partly because of what I had read about them in Martin
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Propp (2015): "Before there were search engines, the intellectual world relied on human hubs to serve as repositories of knowledge and connectors of people with common interests who otherwise would not have known one another. Martin
Gardner was such a connector. His column was the best mathematical
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I am a philosophical theist. I believe in a personal God, and I believe in an afterlife, and I believe in prayer, but I don't believe in any established religion. This is called philosophical theism. ... Philosophical theism is entirely emotional. As Kant said, he destroyed pure reason to make room
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wrote: "A case can be made, in purely practical terms, for Martin
Gardner as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. His popularizations of science and mathematical games in Scientific American, over the 25 years he wrote for them, might have helped create more young mathematicians
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Gardner set a new high standard for writing about mathematics. In a 2004 interview he said, "I go up to calculus, and beyond that I don't understand any of the papers that are being written. I consider that that was an advantage for the type of column I was doing because I had to understand what I
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Gardner's contribution to contemporary intellectual culture is unique – in its range, its insight, and understanding of hard questions that matter." Gardner repeatedly alerted the public (and other mathematicians) to recent discoveries in mathematicsârecreational
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Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant generalsâthe flotsam and jetsam of historical currents. The men who radically altered history, the great creative
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Gardner held a lifelong fascination with magic and illusion that began when his father demonstrated a trick to him. He wrote for a magic magazine in high school and worked in a department store demonstrating magic tricks while he was at the University of Chicago. Gardner's first published
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Gardner had a major impact on mathematics in the second half of the 20th century. His column ran for 25 years and was read avidly by the generation of mathematicians and physicists who grew up in the years 1956 to 1981. His writing inspired, directly or indirectly, many who would go on to
1969:(Norton, 1999), combining notes from the earlier editions and new material. The original book arose when Gardner found the Alice books "sort of frightening" when he was young, but found them fascinating as an adult. He felt that someone ought to annotate them, and suggested to a publisher that
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Bhargava (2018): Eventually, when I was around 12 years old, through my puzzle explorations I of course also had the good fortune of discovering the works of Martin
Gardner. They inspired me a huge amount, and gave me something far more enjoyable to do than go to math class! I also read other
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Gardner's contributions to recreational mathematics, rationality, magic, puzzles, literature, and philosophy. Although Gardner was famously shy, and would usually decline an honor if it required him to make a personal appearance, Rogers
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BBC News (2014): Penrose tiles are a good example of just how 'nontrivial' the consequences of his puzzle column could be. The materials scientist Dan
Shechtman actually won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2011 'for the discovery of quasicrystals' – three-dimensional Penrose
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introduced Gardner to the intricately folded paper shapes known as flexagons and steered him to the four Princeton University professors who had invented and investigated their mathematical properties. The subsequent article Gardner wrote on hexaflexagons led directly to the column.
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Ulam has never ceased to be amazed by âhow a few scribbles on a blackboard ⊠could change the course of human affairs.â That this kind of symbol manipulation, in the hands of absentâminded intellects, can shape history for both good and evil is the apocalyptic center of Ulam's story.
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For 40 years I have done my best to convince educators that recreational math should be incorporated into the standard curriculum. It should be regularly introduced as a way to interest young students in the wonders of mathematics. So far, though, movement in this direction has been
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Hofstadter (2010): There were thousands of such people spread all around the world – mathematicians, physicists, philosophers, computer scientists, and on and on – who thought of Martin Gardner's column not as merely a feature of that great magazine
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BBC News (2014): "He also broke the story of the invention of RSA cryptography â the now standard way in which confidential data such as passwords, bank information, and the like, are secured in digital transmissionâgetting into trouble with the US government in the
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Bellos (2010): He was not a mathematician â he never even took a maths class after high school – yet Martin Gardner, who has died aged 95, was arguably the most influential and inspirational figure in mathematics in the second half of the last
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publisher at the time, asked Gardner, "Is there enough similar material to this to make a regular feature?" Gardner said he thought so. The January 1957 issue contained his first column, entitled "Mathematical Games". Almost 300 more columns were to follow.
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of science in a positive way. ... For more than thirty years, Martin Gardner has played this largely thankless role with tireless efficiency. He is more than a mere individual fighting a set of personal battles; he has become a priceless national resource.
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Hofstadter (2010): Many of today's most influential mathematicians and physicists, magicians and philosophers, writers and computer scientists, owe their direction to Martin Gardner. They may not even be aware of how big a role he played in their
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Malkevitch (2014): The range of wonderful problems, examples, and theorems that Gardner treated over the years is enormous. They include ideas from geometry, algebra, number theory, graph theory, topology, and knot theory, to name but a
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AMS Notices (2011): "Martin Gardner was a gem. There is absolutely no question that he, more than anyone else in the world, was responsible for turning people of all ages on to the pleasures of mathematical recreations." âRonald L.
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Princeton University Press: Reviews of Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: "Martin Gardner occupies a special place in twentieth-century mathematics. More than any other single individual, he inspired a generation of young people to study
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Hofstadter (2010): His approach and his ways of combining ideas are truly unique and truly creative, and, if I dare say so, what Martin Gardner has done is of far greater originality than work that has won many people Nobel
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Brown (2010): Faith was also the subject of his 1973 semi-autobiographical novel, "The Flight of Peter Fromm," in which the title character and his atheist professor of divinity grapple for decades with questions about
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In the 1980s "Mathematical Games" began to appear only irregularly. Other authors began to share the column, and the June 1986 issue saw the final installment under that title. In 1981, on Gardner's retirement from
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magazine named him as one of the "100 Most Influential Magicians of the Twentieth Century". He was considered the doyen of American puzzlers. He was a prolific and versatile author, publishing more than 100 books.
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was writing about, and that enabled me to write in such a way that an average reader could understand what I was saying. If you are writing popularly about math, I think it's good not to know too much math."
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his closest friend. Diaconis and Smullyan like Gardner straddled the two worlds of mathematics and magic. Mathematics and magic were frequently intertwined in Gardner's work. One of his earliest books,
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and contained a biography of Gardner and a history of his "Mathematical Games" column. It would be a further decade before Martin published an article in such a mathematics journal under his own name.
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tendencies. Gardner maintained that his views are widespread among mathematicians, but Hersh has countered that in his experience as a professional mathematician and speaker, this is not the case.
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Mulcahy (2017): The surrealist artist was intrigued by Martin's writings on the 4-dimensional cube, or tesseract – which had been a prominent feature of his own 1954 painting
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He recalls how as a young boy a math teacher had scolded him for working on a bit of recreational mathematics and laments at how wrongheaded this attitude is. He notes that the magazine
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MAA FOCUS (2010): "His heritage goes beyond essays and books; he left a community of magicians, mathematicians, and wits carrying things forward and delighting in it all."âPeter Renz
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and wrote two satirical booklets about him in the 1970s using the pen name "Uriah Fuller" in which he explained how such purported psychics do their seemingly impossible feats such as
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recreational mathematics and puzzle books, such as those of Raymond Smullyan, and all of these works definitely had a great influence on me as a playing and playful mathematician.
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Lister (1995): Martin Gardner's supreme achievement was his ability to communicate difficult and often profound subjects with a few deft, but human strokes of his pen.
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BBC News (2014): It went a lot further than puzzles – there was substance, depth and a fair share of mystery and wonder in the topics he wrote about.
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He had carried on incredibly interesting exchanges with hundreds of mathematicians, as well as with artists and polymaths such as Maurits Escher and Piet Hein.
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Many of Gardner's lifelong friends were magicians. These included William Simon who introduced Gardner to Charlotte Greenwald, whom he married in 1952,
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became fellows of the program. From 1983 to 2002 he wrote a monthly column called "Notes of a Fringe Watcher" (originally "Notes of a Psi-Watcher") for
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named him one of the Ten Outstanding Skeptics of the Twentieth Century. In 2010 he was posthumously honored with an award for his contributions in the
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is the classic put-down of pseudoscience. Nobody who read it will soon forget its stellar roll call of mid-20th-century cranks and crackpots"
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MAA FOCUS (2010): "Another milestone was in late 1970, when Martinâs column introduced the world to John Horton Conwayâs Game of Life"â
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Solomon Golomb's Polyominoes were among the many recreational mathematics topics featured by Gardner in his column. The 35
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A lifetime of puzzles : a collection of puzzles in honor of Martin Gardner's 90th birthday
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Recreational Mathematics and Computer Science: Martin Gardner's Influence on Research
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entitled "The Hermit Scientist". It was one of Gardner's earliest articles about
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the three of us immediately began collaborating on a book that eventually became
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The No-Sided Professor and Other Tales of Fantasy, Humor, Mystery, and Philosophy
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Scholars and Others Pay Tribute to "Mathematical Games" Columnist Martin Gardner
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Skeptical Inquirer Magazine Names the Ten Outstanding Skeptics of the Century
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The mathemagician and pied puzzler: a collection in tribute to Martin Gardner
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Martin Gardner: 1914â2010: Chris French mourns the passing of Martin Gardner
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Hello interflexionality: what I learned from the 14th Gathering for Gardner
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Gardner's first publication at age 16 was a magic trick in the periodical
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The Colossal Book of Mathematics: Classic Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Problems
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4275:"Interview: Martin Gardner on Philosophical Theism, Adventists and Price"
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The Canon: The fifteen "Mathematical Games" books at martin-gardner.org
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Richards (2018): The look and feel was entirely due to Martin Gardner.
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A method for obtaining digital signatures and public-key cryptosystems
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Kullman (1997): Martin Gardner, in his "Mathematical Games" column in
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Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
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The "Mathematical Games" column began with a free-standing article on
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Works by and about Martin Gardner at The Center for Inquiry Libraries
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The Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions
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and never took a mathematics course after high school. While editing
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I just play all the time and am fortunate enough to get paid for it.
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Confessions of a psychic : the secret notebooks of Uriah Fuller
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Hofstadter (2010): Martin had a magical touch in writing about math.
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Gardner said that he suspected that the fundamental nature of human
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Editorial Director Don Albers, fifteeneightyfour: the blog of
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Martin Gardner 1914â2010: Founder of the Modern Skeptical Movement
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Mathematical Recreations: A Collection in Honor of Martin Gardner
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His depth and clarity will illuminate our world for a long time.
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Down the Rabbit Hole: The rise, and rise, of literary annotation
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A Delville of a Tolkar: Martin Gardnerâs âUndiluted Hocus-Pocusâ
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A Quarter Century of Recreational Mathematics, by Martin Gardner
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Academy of Magical Arts Lifetime Achievement Fellowship winners
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Don Albers' interview of Gardner, Part 4: The Trap Door Spiders
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scientists and mathematicians, are seldom mentioned if at all.
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Gardner was best known for creating and sustaining interest in
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Ignited by Martin Gardner, Ian Stewart Continues to Illuminate
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Profile: Martin Gardner, the Mathematical Gamester (1914â2010)
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careers in mathematics, science, and other related endeavors.
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Celebrations of Mind Honor Mathâs Best Friend, Martin Gardner
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The Mathematical Association of America's Trevor Evans Awards
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Singmaster, D. (2010) "Obituary: Martin Gardner (1914â2010)"
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which ran in the December 1956 issue of Scientific American.
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Mystery and Magic of Mathematics: Martin Gardner and Friends
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Martin Gardner, prolific math and science writer, dies at 95
4060:"CSICOP Council in Atlanta: Police Psychics, Local Groups".
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Princeton University Press: Reviews of Undiluted Hocus-Pocus
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of his name. In 1983 one George Groth panned Gardner's book
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Notices of the AMS, Vol. 58, No. 3, March 2011, p. 420
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Gardner, Martin; Berlekamp, Elwyn R.; Rodgers, Tom (1999).
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Gardner wrote repeatedly about what public figures such as
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Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner
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Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner
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Conversation with Martin Gardner: Annotator of Wonderland.
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tiles – in some aluminium-manganese alloys.
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Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner
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Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner
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Stanford Center for the Study of Language and Information
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2011 â Houdini Hall of Honor award (posthumous) from the
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The New Age: Notes of a Fringe-Watcher by Martin Gardner
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In 1976 Gardner joined with fellow skeptics philosopher
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cards. Archives of some of his correspondence stored at
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Gardner's column introduced the public to books such as
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Gardner's admirers included such diverse individuals as
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The New York Times: Sunday Book Review, January 3, 2014
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John Conway Reminiscences about Dr. Matrix and Bourbaki
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reviewed by Martin Gardner, New York Times, May 9, 1967
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The Top 10 Martin Gardner Scientific American Articles
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The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense
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Martin Gardner â The Best Friend Mathematics Ever Had
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Martin Gardner: Defending the Honor of the Human Mind
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Stanford University Archives: Gardner (Martin) Papers
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Martin Gardner: Defending the Honor of the Human Mind
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writing (at the age of fifteen) was a magic trick in
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Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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A Bouquet for the Gardner: Martin Gardner Remembered
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by Martin Gardner, The New York Review, Aug 13, 1981
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James Gardner later became the 8th President of the
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was virtual and was given by Doris Schattschneider.
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by Hersh, both of which were critical of aspects of
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Martin Gardner was born into a prosperous family in
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5040:, Vol. 52, No. 6, June/July 2005, pp. 602â611
4449:Kindley (2015): Just as importantly, though,
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4360:"A Mind at Play: An Interview with Martin Gardner"
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1803:Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics
547:. He also revised some of his older books such as
5764:List of Martin Gardner Mathematical Games columns
5440:Magical Mathematics â A Tribute to Martin Gardner
4949:, by Robert Crease, 03 August 2022. Physics World
3759:Discrete Geometry, Combinatorics and Graph Theory
928:His writing was credited as both broad and deep.
585:List of Martin Gardner Mathematical Games columns
420:, he served for four years in the U.S. Navy as a
385:Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles, Tricks and Conundrums
184:Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
5452:Martin Gardner, Puzzler and Polymath, Dies at 95
5355:Martin Gardner: A Major Shaping Force in My Life
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4015:Oprah Winfrey: Bright (but Gullible) Billionaire
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5727:Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements
5432:History of Mathematics archive: Martin Gardner
5349:The New York Review of Books, December 8, 1983
5119:Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
4644:by Loren Coleman, CryptoZoo News, May 23, 2010
3199:Martin Gardner: Mathematical Games Collections
2289:for his many books and articles on mathematics
2281:The numerous awards Gardner received include:
2021:Gardner wrote two novels. He was a fan of the
1941:Gardner was considered a leading authority on
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5464:Martin Gardner – Mathematician
5285:A Quarter Century of Recreational Mathematics
3644:, editor (1981), "In Praise of Amateurs" in
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3336:Antonick (2014): "Martin Gardner's column in
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1878:as tantamount to "tempting God" and seeking "
497:In 1957 Gardner started writing a column for
416:for the city's Relief Administration. During
406:in 1936. Early jobs included reporter on the
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5842:United States Navy personnel of World War II
5589:The Nature of Things, March 14, 1996 â video
5217:: Education and Outreach Blog, 16 April 2018
5079:Martin Gardner, puzzle master extraordinaire
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3162:Martin Gardnerâs The Monkey and the Coconuts
2907:American Association of Petroleum Geologists
371:, and this began a lifelong interest in the
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5365:, Dover Publications, New York, pp. 140-166
4350:by Martin Gardner, Quill, 1983, pp. 238â239
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1989:, as well as of celebrated poems including
1967:The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition
361:, and his wife, Willie Wilkerson Spiers, a
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5595:âUndiluted Hocus-Pocus,â by Martin Gardner
5124:Berlekamp, Elwyn R., John H. Conway, and
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2324:1994 â JPBM Communications Award from the
757:Ironically, Gardner had problems learning
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5687:Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
5317:The Recreational Mathematics of Piet Hein
5115:The Mathematical Legacy of Martin Gardner
4273:Carpenter, Alexander (October 17, 2008).
3948:Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
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3040:Gardner, Martin, "The Hermit Scientist",
2864:skeptic classic of the past half-century.
2858:Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
1491:Immanuel Velikovsky's Worlds in Collision
1438:Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
1402:International Traffic in Arms Regulations
333:Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
147:Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
5907:People from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
5892:American critics of alternative medicine
5325:Martin Gardner – Magician
5131:Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays
4821:Brick Installation Honors Martin Gardner
4709:National Council of Mathematics Teachers
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3670:Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays
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1785:American Association of Physics Teachers
1533:. This book and his subsequent efforts (
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5179:Martin Gardnerâs Mathematical Grapevine
5001:Martin Gardner Contributions: 1966-1998
4672:Foundations of Mathematics mailing list
4453: gave rise to a new popular genre.
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4005:University Of WisconsinâMadison Library
3979:Articles by Martin Gardner: 115 Results
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2319:The Mathematical Association of America
697:and the Koch snowflake curve (Mar 1967)
5637:, with 170 library catalog records
5384:The Penrose Tiling at Miami University
4842:by Dana Richards & Collm Mulcahy,
2802:from the original on November 18, 2016
2421:The Nature of Things with David Suzuki
1611:The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher
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357:, to James Henry Gardner, a prominent
5493:Scientific American, October 21, 2014
5484:Scientific American, October 29, 2013
4541:Word Ways: Vol 43: Issue 3, Article 6
4348:The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
4221:The Dover Math and Science Newsletter
3924:R. L. Rivest, A. Shamir, L. Adleman "
2332:American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2160:The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
1965:(Random House, 1990), and finally as
1931:The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
1858:inspired by the works of philosopher
1770:. Gardner considered fellow magician
521:. He and his wife Charlotte moved to
394:Gardner as a high school senior, 1932
326:Gardner was one of the foremost anti-
168:The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener
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5867:Mathematicians from New York (state)
5857:21st-century American mathematicians
5852:20th-century American mathematicians
5515:Honoring a Century of Martin Gardner
5097:with Colm Mulcahy, G4G13, April 2018
5061:The New York Times, October 27, 2014
4517:, Princeton University Press, 2013,
3899:The Day Cryptography Changed Forever
2178:Two-Year College Mathematics Journal
2046:His short stories were collected in
1854:Gardner described his own belief as
476:In 1950, he wrote an article in the
450:In the late 1940s, Gardner moved to
5396:Mathematical Association of America
5263:The puzzling life of Martin Gardner
4551:Farrell, Jeremiah (November 2020).
3358:Crease (2018): "As a columnist for
3182:(2001), W.W. Norton & Company;
2844:. Oxford University Press. p.
2629:from the original on March 4, 2014.
2580:from the original on July 12, 2014.
2489:, with a foreword by Donald Knuth.
1741:The Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic
1672:Hutchins-Adler Great Books Movement
1471:Bates method for improving eyesight
549:Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube
4974:The Bibliography of Martin Gardner
4666:Hersh, Reuben (October 31, 1997).
4287:from the original on July 13, 2016
3883:RSA Cryptography: History And Uses
3825:The Tensions Around The RSA Method
2406:entrepreneur and puzzle collector
2326:Joint Policy Board for Mathematics
2108:as editor. The resulting journal,
1495:the reincarnation of Bridey Murphy
454:and became a writer and editor at
25:
5977:21st-century pseudonymous writers
5972:20th-century pseudonymous writers
5475:Scientific American, May 24, 2010
5426:vol 30 (4), August/September 2010
5358:Scientific American, May 24, 2010
5151:The Washington Post, May 24, 2010
5094:An Interview with Manjul Bhargava
4811:MAA: 2021 Martin Gardner Lecturer
4787:Magic magazine, Jun 1999, page 60
3069:, but as its very heart and soul.
2492:He was a frequent contributor to
2100:. In 1967 he pitched the idea to
663:Paradox of the unexpected hanging
5211:Martin Gardner would have smiled
5192:The Greatest Puzzles of All Time
4906:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
4668:"Re: Martin Gardner book review"
4603:Top 10 Martin Gardner Alter Egos
4093:Martin Gardner's Magic Influence
4050:Independent Investigations Group
3046:, Winter 1950â1951, pp. 447â457.
2820:originally published in 1952 as
2591:Gardner, Martin (January 1999).
2353:Independent Investigations Group
1948:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1694:Independent Investigations Group
1064:invented by John H. Conway; the
989:Gardner's mathematical grapevine
781:The Colossal Book of Mathematics
242:
5882:Asimov's Science Fiction people
5408:Martin Gardner and Paperfolding
5195:New York: Prentice Hall Press,
4751:JPL Small-Body Database Browser
4082:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
3871:Public Key Cryptography History
3808:The Math Factor Podcast Website
3709:"Beating the Pros to the Punch"
3410:Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)
2881:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
2600:The College Mathematics Journal
2514:The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix
2294:International Wizard of Oz Club
2197:. He wrote negative reviews of
2058:At the age of 95 Gardner wrote
2037:International Wizard of Oz Club
1992:The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1727:, the official magazine of the
1543:Gardner's Whys & Wherefores
1386:symmetric-key cryptography
540:The College Mathematics Journal
218:
4621:Matrix, Irving Joshua (1979).
4201:Mathematics, Magic and Mystery
3707:Cole, K. C. (March 11, 1998),
3139:Game of Life Cellular Automata
2560:"MAA Writing Awards Presented"
2310:is named after Martin Gardner.
2298:1980 â The main-belt asteroid
1777:Mathematics, Magic and Mystery
1745:Mathematics, Magic and Mystery
1503:spontaneous generation of life
528:The Mathematical Intelligencer
523:Hendersonville, North Carolina
424:on board the destroyer escort
1:
5444:American Mathematical Society
5189:Costello, Matthew J. (1988).
5034:Interview with Martin Gardner
4980:(foreword), June, 2023, Pub:
4720:Adventures of a Mathematician
4372:Volume 22.2, March/April 1998
3943:There's One Born Every Minute
2257:Adventures Of a Mathematician
1980:The Innocence Of Father Brown
1783:, a journal published by the
1729:Society of American Magicians
1499:Wilhelm Reich's orgone theory
791:, the column was replaced by
5957:University of Chicago alumni
5942:American science journalists
5917:Writers from Tulsa, Oklahoma
5912:People from Norman, Oklahoma
5862:Mathematicians from Oklahoma
5719:Science Fiction Puzzle Tales
5621:Martin Gardner Appreciations
5352:Hofstadter, Douglas (2010).
5323:Gathering 4 Gardner (2014).
5018:The Martin Gardner Interview
4156:Reviews of Martin Gardner's
3932:, Vol. 21, No. 2, Feb. 1978.
3845:Robinson, Sara (June 2003).
3748:Online Archive of California
3648:, Weber & Schmidt, 1981.
3136:Adamatzky, A. (Ed.) (2010).
2977:Yam, Philip (December 1995)
2860:still in print and arguably
2495:The New York Review of Books
2244: published by the
2213:What Is Mathematics, Really?
1874:and other research into the
1847:, especially the God of the
1835:. He believed in a personal
1558:Science: Good, Bad and Bogus
1535:Science: Good, Bad and Bogus
1412:Pseudoscience and skepticism
1060:tiles of Roger Penrose; the
466:Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
5932:Recreational cryptographers
5872:Recreational mathematicians
5801:Martin Gardner bibliography
5573:interviews Martin Gardner,
5531:Princeton University Press
5526:Martin Gardner Testimonials
5437:Malkevitch, Joseph (2014).
5329:Gould, Stephen Jay (1982).
5226:A K Peters: Wellesley, MA,
5112:Berlekamp, Elwyn R (2014).
5071:Los Angeles Review of Books
4707:Mathematics Teacher website
4635:Skeptic Martin Gardner Dies
4245:The Academy of Magical Arts
2700:Top 10 Martin Gardner Books
2573:(10): 1282. November 2000.
2480:Martin Gardner bibliography
2448:, mathematical video maker
2200:The Mathematical Experience
2029:, and in 1988 he published
1945:. His annotated version of
777:The monkey and the coconuts
5993:
5952:United States Navy sailors
5947:Scientific American people
5566:Shermer, Michael (1997).
5528:Belmont, MA, July 29, 2015
5423:Remembering Martin Gardner
5361:Klarner, David A. (1998).
5301:Princeton University Press
5277:Remembering Martin Gardner
5109:The Guardian, May 27, 2010
5046:Memories of Martin Gardner
5027:Cambridge University Press
4471:MacTutor: My mother read
4199:from Dover Publications:
4137:Gathering 4 Gardner (2014)
3227:Cambridge University Press
2593:"The Asymmetric Propeller"
2477:
2394:
2255:'s autobiographical book,
2148:Annotated Casey at the Bat
2004:The Night Before Christmas
1108:invented by Piet Hein and
1052:of Solomon W. Golomb; the
582:
5887:Critics of parapsychology
5832:American literary critics
5711:The Flight of Peter Fromm
5703:The Ambidextrous Universe
5563:G4G13, April 2018 â video
5560:Martin Gardner, Annotator
5121:(SIAM), September 2, 2014
4388:, chapter 40, pp. 481â87.
3930:Communications of the ACM
2718:Costello (1988): p. 114.
2503:The Flight of Peter Fromm
2195:philosophy of mathematics
2189:Philosophy of mathematics
2041:The Flight of Peter Fromm
1954:Through the Looking Glass
1911:The Flight of Peter Fromm
1698:In Praise of Reason Award
1680:vaccinations cause autism
1481:, the lost continents of
1406:Communications of the ACM
1392:for Gardner himself. The
1116:; and many other topics.
1022:combinatorial game theory
1020:, a foundational book in
803:of "Mathematical Games".
567:Mathematical Games column
241:
173:The Ambidextrous Universe
41:
5902:Mathematics popularizers
5847:American science writers
5449:Martin, Douglas (2010).
5400:Shawnee State University
5337:New York Review of Books
5314:Gardner, Martin (2016).
5294:Gardner, Martin (2013).
5283:Gardner, Martin (1998).
5064:Auerbach, David (2013).
4976:Dana Richards (editor),
4654:Is Mathematics for Real?
4079:The Pantheon of Skeptics
3646:The Mathematical Gardner
2792:Martin Gardner Home Site
2165:New York Review of Books
2117:Asimov's Science Fiction
2098:recreational linguistics
2017:Novels and short stories
2010:The Hunting of the Snark
1986:The Man Who Was Thursday
1591:, author and biochemist
1507:extra-sensory perception
1431:Gardner was a critic of
1394:National Security Agency
687:The mathematical art of
503:recreational mathematics
315:recreational mathematics
122:annotated literary works
110:Recreational mathematics
5937:RSA Factoring Challenge
5617:Martin Gardner's Awards
5557:Richards, Dana (2018).
5540:Richards, Dana (2014).
5412:British Origami Society
5381:Kullman, David (1997).
5261:England, Jason (2014).
5256:Martin Gardner obituary
5106:Martin Gardner obituary
4880:The Wall Street Journal
4733:Martin Gardner's Awards
4537:Eckler, A. Ross (2010)
4177:Demaine (2008): pp. 4â5
3159:Antonick, Gary (2013).
2682:Martin Gardner obituary
2080:Black earth turned into
1899:William F. Buckley, Jr.
1891:Robert Maynard Hutchins
1798:Academy of Magical Arts
1731:. He focused mainly on
1625:mentally bending spoons
1398:Arms Export Control Act
1372:. The system, based on
1343:Public key cryptography
731:Public-key cryptography
650:Three Prisoners problem
5496:Mulcahy, Colm (2017).
5487:Mulcahy, Colm (2014).
5478:Mulcahy, Colm (2013).
5469:Mirsky, Steve (2010).
5405:Lister, David (1995).
5374:By Evan Kindley,
5368:Kindley, Evan (2015).
5342:Groth, George (1983).
4883:, p. W11, 2 April 2010
4760:2587 Gardner (1980 OH)
4697:n blog on May 29, 2010
4423:Alice Still Lives Here
4413:Jan./Feb. 2000. 62â64.
4062:The Skeptical Inquirer
3031:Gardner, Martin (2013)
2945:Suzuki (1996) at 17:20
2519:The No-Sided Professor
2274:
2238:
2217:mathematical Platonism
2089:
2077: a natural cause?
2073: of nature's laws
1933:(1983, revised 1999).
1822:â Martin Gardner, 2008
1819:
1712:
1420:
1352:
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963:four-dimensional space
830:
764:Humpty Dumpty Magazine
598:
578:â Martin Gardner, 1998
575:
553:University of Oklahoma
517:In 1979, Gardner left
395:
5967:Critics of Lamarckism
5922:Philosophical theists
5577:, Vol 5, No. 2 (1997)
5398:Ohio Section Meeting
5021:(in five parts) with
5003:, The New York Review
4937:gathering4gardner.org
4867:Gathering for Gardner
4809:Doris Schattschneider
4612:at martin-gardner.org
4514:Undiluted Hocus-Pocus
4102:at martin-gardner.org
3078:Demaine (2008): p. 24
2685:Telegraph Media Group
2308:Anderson Mesa Station
2287:Leroy P. Steele Prize
2227:Mathematics education
2193:Gardner wrote on the
2102:Greenwood Periodicals
1642:, but topics such as
1579:, and stage magician
1291:Doris Schattschneider
1112:; Tutte's account of
1010:Doris Schattschneider
971:Fermat's Last Theorem
939:Conway's Game of Life
799:", a name that is an
701:Conway's Game of Life
592:
583:Further information:
400:University of Chicago
393:
297:G. K. Chesterton
269:scientific skepticism
136:Scientific skepticism
100:University of Chicago
5780:Irving Joshua Matrix
5550:& Colm Mulcahy,
5414:, February 15, 1995.
5378:, September 21, 2015
5344:Review of Gardnerâs
5182:By James Case,
5176:Case, James (2014).
5145:Brown, Emma (2010).
5043:AMS Notices (2011).
5031:AMS Notices (2004).
5015:Albers, Don (2008).
4384:"Gardner's Whys" in
4251:on November 20, 2016
4146:Demaine (2008) p. 12
4048:About the IIG Awards
3885:Telsy Communications
3127:The Economist (2010)
2887:on November 12, 2016
1963:More Annotated Alice
1903:logically consistent
1856:philosophical theism
1829:philosophical theist
1056:of Bill Gosper; the
1054:space filling curves
513:Retirement and death
462:Scientific American.
414:Chicago's Black Belt
5796:Gathering 4 Gardner
5755:Scientific American
5695:The Annotated Alice
5635:Library of Congress
5552:Scientific American
5289:Scientific American
5287:by Martin Gardner,
5268:, February 24, 2014
5246:The Washington Post
5186:News, April 1, 2014
4844:Scientific American
4495:Grooks by Piet Hein
4451:The Annotated Alice
4168:The Miracle Factory
3901:" by Steven Ellis,
3674:Scientific American
3531:Scientific American
3360:Scientific American
3338:Scientific American
3067:Scientific American
3004:. A K Peters, Ltd.
2988:Scientific American
2796:Gathering 4 Gardner
2397:Gathering 4 Gardner
2391:Gathering 4 Gardner
2304:Edward L. G. Bowell
2242:Mathematics Teacher
2086: hocus-pocus.
2082: yellow crocus
1959:The Annotated Alice
1810:Theism and religion
1781:The Physics Teacher
1547:alternative science
1114:squaring the square
1042:Stanford University
959:transfinite numbers
923:The Annotated Alice
910:Gödel, Escher, Bach
789:Scientific American
742:Godel, Escher, Bach
643:Squaring the square
545:Scientific American
519:Scientific American
507:Scientific American
499:Scientific American
492:The Annotated Alice
359:petroleum geologist
349:Youth and education
320:Scientific American
302:The Annotated Alice
257:popular mathematics
211:Charlotte Greenwald
163:The Annotated Alice
157:Scientific American
5837:American magicians
5735:Calculus Made Easy
5506:, January 23, 2014
5466:(official website)
5457:The New York Times
5402:, October 24, 1997
5389:2017-08-14 at the
5339:, February 4, 1982
5332:The Quack Detector
5248:, October 22, 2009
5085:, October 21, 2014
5073:, November 4, 2013
5038:Notices of the AMS
4933:2018-05-20 at the
4872:2018-03-28 at the
4864:Robert P. Crease,
4826:2017-06-28 at the
4775:2017-05-16 at the
4756:2018-07-06 at the
4738:2016-03-18 at the
4695:Scientific America
4640:2015-10-02 at the
4608:2017-03-17 at the
4587:2008-11-19 at the
4500:2014-10-10 at the
4386:The Night is Large
4369:Skeptical Inquirer
4226:2015-05-03 at the
4207:2016-05-06 at the
4164:2017-03-21 at the
4098:2016-05-21 at the
4027:, March/April 2010
4025:Skeptical Inquirer
4020:2016-05-01 at the
3981:Skeptical Inquirer
3727:AMS Notices (2011)
3266:Barry Arthur Cipra
3242:2015-02-16 at the
3223:2016-12-26 at the
3204:2016-06-29 at the
3169::, October 7, 2013
3165:in Numberplay The
2984:2018-05-11 at the
2705:2016-03-25 at the
2567:Notices of the AMS
2549:AMS Notices (2004)
2426:John Horton Conway
2339:Trevor Evans Award
2315:Allendoerfer Award
2075:but do things have
1686:Skeptical Inquirer
1606:Skeptical Inquirer
1551:New Age philosophy
1539:Order and Surprise
1374:trapdoor functions
1211:Douglas Hofstadter
1156:John Horton Conway
1141:Dmitri A. Borgmann
1136:Elwyn R. Berlekamp
1074:trapdoor functions
1072:of Piet Hein; the
983:John Horton Conway
975:four-color problem
905:Douglas Hofstadter
797:Metamagical Themas
793:Douglas Hofstadter
599:
437:surrender of Japan
396:
363:Montessori-trained
199:Trevor Evans Award
194:Allendoerfer Award
189:George PĂłlya Award
152:Mathematical Games
5877:American skeptics
5809:
5808:
5554:, October 1, 2014
5429:MacTutor (2010).
5394:Presented at the
5320:Piet Hein Website
5272:Friedel, Frederic
5169:978-0-930326-17-3
5134:Academic Press,
5083:BBC News Magazine
5076:BBC News (2014).
4928:G4G13 Information
4846:, October 1, 2014
4799:Invited Addresses
4797:MAA MathFest 2019
4553:"More Word Ways?"
4425:by Michael Sims,
3714:Los Angeles Times
3559:Hofstadter (2010)
3208:by David Langford
3011:978-1-56881-075-1
2924:Famous Scientists
2517:(1967, 1985) and
2468:COVID-19 pandemic
2277:Legacy and awards
2122:Trap Door Spiders
1923:quantum mechanics
1880:signs and wonders
1860:Miguel de Unamuno
1668:Christian Science
1599:, and journalist
1562:Stephen Jay Gould
1479:Flat Earth theory
1425:Stephen Jay Gould
1382:data transmission
1251:Penn & Teller
1241:Benoit Mandelbrot
1181:Solomon W. Golomb
951:Pascal's triangle
947:Fibonacci numbers
867:Stephen Jay Gould
713:Newcomb's paradox
707:Intransitive dice
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5611:Official website
5575:Skeptic Magazine
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2891:October 28,
2877:"About CSI"
2806:October 28,
2505:(1973) and
2408:Tom Rodgers
2259:, he said,
2025:written by
1866:or through
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1772:James Randi
1660:Scientology
1656:creationism
1581:James Randi
1443:Fletcherism
1435:. His book
1321:W. T. Tutte
1316:Ian Stewart
1286:Lee Sallows
1281:Rudy Rucker
1276:Tom Rodgers
1261:James Randi
1186:Bill Gosper
1106:game of Hex
1002:AMS Notices
943:knot theory
895:A K Dewdney
847:W. H. Auden
682:Pentominoes
656:Polyominoes
5816:Categories
5309:0691159912
5232:1568812450
5201:0133649369
5140:0120911507
4990:1684000327
4961:The Sphinx
4527:Andy Magid
3903:medium.com
3833:medium.com
3461:David Gale
3148:1849962170
2525:References
2173:Dr. Matrix
2152:Uri Geller
1927:mysterians
1876:paranormal
1864:revelation
1756:Dai Vernon
1733:micromagic
1724:The Sphinx
1670:, and the
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1569:Paul Kurtz
1531:numerology
1527:graphology
1519:phrenology
1515:homeopathy
1447:Lamarckism
1366:Adi Shamir
1362:Ron Rivest
1271:Ron Rivest
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879:hypercubes
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