Martin Gardner

Martin Gardner (1914 - ), born October 21, 1914 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Recreational mathematician and author of the 'Mathematical Games' column in [Scientific American]?.

He more or less singlehandedly sustained and nurtured interest in recreational mathematics for most of a century. He was also interested in magic and the skeptical movement associated with James Randi.

Books by Martin Gardner:

• Mathematical Games
• The Ambidextrous Universe
• The Annotated Alice
• others... add later...
• The Last Recreations

Links:

• [An Interview with Martin Gardner]