25 May
2010
25 May
'10
11:40 a.m.
Ian King wrote:
Indeed. Martin Gardner wrote the 'Mathematical Games' column, which was
replaced by Hoffstader's 'Metamagical Themas' (notice that's an anagram
of mathemaitcal games) and then, IRIC by Dewdney's 'Computer Recreations'
-tony
I remember reading his "Amateur
Scientist" column in Scientific American,
Great column, but AFAICT it was never written by Martin Gardner. IIRC
most of the Amateur Scientist columns I read were written by C.L. Strong.