Martin Gardner

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columnist human magician popular mathematics writer puzzle creator science writer skeptic

Martin Gardner was an American popular mathematics and science writer, skeptic, and magician known for his long-running "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American and his influential work debunking pseudoscience.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	columnist → human → magician → popular mathematics writer → puzzle creator → science writer → skeptic →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1914-10-21 →
dateOfDeath	2010-05-22 →
educatedAt	University of Chicago →
employer	Scientific American →
familyName	Gardner →
fieldOfWork	magic → popular science → puzzles → recreational mathematics → skepticism →
genre	children's literature → essay → popular mathematics → popular science → puzzle books →
givenName	Martin →
hasSignatureWork	long-running Mathematical Games column in Scientific American →
influenced	Douglas Hofstadter → Ian Stewart → John H. Conway → Persi Diaconis → Raymond Smullyan →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal →
movement	scientific skepticism →
name	Martin Gardner →
notableAchievement	helped establish modern organized scientific skepticism → popularized recreational mathematics through his Scientific American column →
notableWork	Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science → Mathematical Carnival → Mathematical Circus → Mathematical Games → Mathematical Magic Show → Science: Good, Bad and Bogus → The Ambidextrous Universe → The Annotated Alice → The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener → Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements →
occupation	columnist → magician → mathematics popularizer → puzzle designer → science popularizer → writer →
placeOfBirth	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States →
placeOfDeath	Norman, Oklahoma, United States →
religiousView	philosophical theist →
residence	Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States → Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States →
spouse	Charlotte Greenwald Gardner →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science → Mathematical Carnival → Mathematical Circus → Mathematical Games → Mathematical Magic Show → Science: Good, Bad and Bogus → The Ambidextrous Universe → The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener → Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements →	author
Gardner → Gardner ("Martin Gardner (mathematician and writer)") →	hasNotableBearer
Science: Good, Bad and Bogus → The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener →	notableWorkOf
Game of Life → Ulam spiral →	popularizedBy
Mathematical Magic Show → Science: Good, Bad and Bogus →	workOf
Mathematical Carnival ("Martin Gardner’s Scientific American column") →	basedOn
Mathematical Games →	columnist
Science: Good, Bad and Bogus →	creator
The Annotated Alice →	editor
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal →	foundedBy
Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements →	hasAuthor
The Annotated Alice →	hasCommentaryBy
The Ambidextrous Universe →	hasCreator
Princeton Science Library →	hasNotableAuthor
Scientific American →	hasNotableContributor
Martin Gardner →	name
Mathematical Games →	notableContributor
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal →	notableMember
Philip J. Klass Award →	notableRecipient