One would be hard put to find a set of whole numbers with a more fascinating history and more elegant properties surrounded… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
“Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders,… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Indeed, there is something to be said for the old math when taught by a poorly trained teacher. He can, at least,… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful? — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
In no other branch of mathematics is it so easy for experts to blunder as in probability theory. — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is “How should I know?”…… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Debunking bad science should be constant obligation of the science community, even if it takes time away from serious research or seems to be… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality. That is that entire universe is made of matter, obviously. And matter is… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry. — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Let the Bible be the Bible. It's not about science. It's not accurate history. It is a grab bag of religious fantasies written by… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
It is part of the pholosophic dullness of our time that there are millions of rational monsters walking about on their hind legs, observing… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
“Her constant orders for beheading are shocking to those modern critics of children's literature who feel that juvenile fiction should be free of all… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
The violence and double-talk in the Alice books probably does no harm to children, but the novels should not be allowed to circulate indiscriminately… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
As Bertrand Russell once wrote, two plus two is four even in the interior of the sun. — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Mathemagical mathematics combines the beauty of mathematical structure with the entertainment value of a trick. — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
