23 May
2010
23 May
'10
11:27 a.m.
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
In case you've not already heard, I have just been
told that Martin
Gardner has passed away.
He was, of course, responsible for many excellent books of mathematical
puzzles. He had a defintie knack of being able to make something simple
enough to understand but still keeping enough mathematics there to be
worthwhile.
His "Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science" was the first work of
Skepticism I read, shortly after high school. I had no idea about his
other works. Sounds like a long life well-lived.
-j