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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Martin Gardner canonical 38
Martin Gardner (mathematician and writer) 1
Martin Gardner’s Scientific American column 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf columnist ⓘ
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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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ
surface form: Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States

Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Greenwald Gardner ⓘ

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The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener → author → Martin Gardner ⓘ
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