Quick Facts About Martin Gardner
- Born
- October 21, 1914
- Died
- May 22, 2010
- Nationality
- United States
- Profession
- Science Writer
- Notable works
- The Ambidextrous Universe
- Known for
- The Ambidextrous Universe, Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, Visitors from Oz, The Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions, Mathematics, magic and mystery
About Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner was an American writer on popular mathematics and popular science. His interests also encompassed magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature – especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton. He was a leading authority on Lewis Carroll; The Annotated Alice, which incorporated the text of Carroll's two Alice books, was his most successful work and sold over a million copies. He had a lifelong interest in magic and illusion and in 1999, MAGIC 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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