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1 online resource |
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Foreword: Magic, Mathematics, and Mysterians / by Persi Diaconis -- Preface -- Prologue: I Am a Mysterian -- Earliest Memories -- Lee School -- Tulsa Central High, I -- Central High, II -- Hutchins and Adler -- Richard McKeon -- I Lose My Faith -- Chicago, I -- Chicago, II -- I Become a Journalist -- Mother and Dad -- The Navy, I -- The Navy, II -- Esquire and Humpty -- Scientific American -- Pseudoscience -- Math and Magic Friends -- Charlotte -- Bob and Betty -- God -- My Philosophy -- Afterword: My Most Elegant Friend ... / by James Randi |
| Summary |
Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, philosophy, religion, pseudoscience, and Alice in Wonderland. His informal, recreational approach to mathematics delighted countless readers and inspired many to pursue careers in mathematics and the sciences. Gardner's illuminating autobiography is a disarmingly candid self-portrait of the man evolutionary theorist Stephen Jay Gould called our ""single brightest beacon"" for the defense of rationality and good science against my |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
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Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.
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Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010 fast |
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Science writers -- United States -- Biography
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Mathematical recreations -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Mathematics -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Science -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography
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Magicians -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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GAMES -- Reference.
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GAMES -- Travel Games.
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MATHEMATICS -- General.
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Journalists
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Magicians
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Mathematical recreations
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Mathematics -- Social aspects
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Science -- Social aspects
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Science writers
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013016324 |
| ISBN |
1400847982 |
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9781400847983 |
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1299820956 |
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9781299820951 |
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