23 May
2010
23 May
'10
10:38 a.m.
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.
The world is certainly a poorer place without him.
He certainly inspered me to love mathemaitcs. Had I not read his books
some years ago, my life would have been very different. I don't think I
am exagerating if I say that without his books I would not have passed
A-level mathematics...
True story : Many years ago I was given a couple of his books as a
Newtonsday presnet. Once contained a chapter on base -2 arithmeatic. I
spent the next day or so designing a base -2 full-adder circuit and
soldering it up. Never found any practical use for it, but...
-tony
23 May
23 May
11:22 a.m.
Rest in Peace. Of course It's sad for me. I can't remember the first time
that I'd read one of his mathematical puzzles. He, Isaac Asimov and Arthur
C.Clarke were some of my first adult reads.
Sergio
2010/5/23 Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
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.
The world is certainly a poorer place without him.
He certainly inspered me to love mathemaitcs. Had I not read his books
some years ago, my life would have been very different. I don't think I
am exagerating if I say that without his books I would not have passed
A-level mathematics...
True story : Many years ago I was given a couple of his books as a
Newtonsday presnet. Once contained a chapter on base -2 arithmeatic. I
spent the next day or so designing a base -2 full-adder circuit and
soldering it up. Never found any practical use for it, but...
-tony
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
12:33 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
In case you've not already heard, I have just been
told that Martin
Gardner has passed away.
Wow, I'm really sorry to hear that.
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.
The world is certainly a poorer place without him.
Indeed.
He certainly inspered me to love mathemaitcs. Had I not read his books
some years ago, my life would have been very different. I don't think I
am exagerating if I say that without his books I would not have passed
A-level mathematics...
True story : Many years ago I was given a couple of his books as a
Newtonsday presnet. Once contained a chapter on base -2 arithmeatic. I
spent the next day or so designing a base -2 full-adder circuit and
soldering it up. Never found any practical use for it, but...
You could always
solder up a computer around it. :-)
-tony
24 May
24 May
12:38 p.m.
True story :
Many years ago I was given a couple of his books as a
Newtonsday presnet. Once contained a chapter on base -2 arithmeatic. I
spent the next day or so designing a base -2 full-adder circuit and
soldering it up. Never found any practical use for it, but...
You could always
solder up a computer around it. :-) 
23 May
23 May
7:33 p.m.
it is indeed sad - i read his column many years in scientific
american magazine and several of his books
On 23 May, 2010, at 13:38, Tony Duell 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.
The world is certainly a poorer place without him.
He certainly inspered me to love mathemaitcs. Had I not read his books
some years ago, my life would have been very different. I don't
think I
am exagerating if I say that without his books I would not have passed
A-level mathematics...
True story : Many years ago I was given a couple of his books as a
Newtonsday presnet. Once contained a chapter on base -2 arithmeatic. I
spent the next day or so designing a base -2 full-adder circuit and
soldering it up. Never found any practical use for it, but...
-tony
24 May
24 May
1:22 p.m.
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Subject: OT : RIP Martin Gardner
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.
The world is certainly a poorer place without him.
He certainly inspered me to love mathemaitcs. Had I not read his books
some years ago, my life would have been very different. I don't think I
am exagerating if I say that without his books I would not have passed
A-level mathematics...
True story : Many years ago I was given a couple of his books as a
Newtonsday presnet. Once contained a chapter on base -2 arithmeatic. I
spent the next day or so designing a base -2 full-adder circuit and
soldering it up. Never found any practical use for it, but...
-tony
I remember reading his "Amateur Scientist" column in Scientific American, before
that magazine turned into populist mush. And when I say 'reading' I mean poring
over each word as though I was reading God's Cliffs Notes. I learned a lot about the
underlying principles for each of his experimental constructs because, although he was
careful to make his projects accessible, they weren't QUITE accessible enough for me
(one of two children of a divorced single parent). So I read, and studied, and dreamed...
and grew up a geek.
Thank you, Mr. Gardner. Between you, Robert Heinlein and Arthur Clarke, I never had a
chance. :-)
5:47 p.m.
Eric Smith wrote:
Ian King wrote:
Ummm, C. L. Stong - no 'r'. I absolutely loved that column as long as
C. L. wrote it. Somewhere, I have a CD containing most or all of them.
BTW, I made the same mistake of thinking Gardner did some of the
Amateur Scientist columns too, but evidently he did not. While I'm
confessing, I thought for the longest time that Mr. Stong did those
marvelous drawings that graced his columns, but I learned later that I
was wrong about that too. I don't know which was better, the text or
the drawings, but they were both marvelous. I still think it would be
fun to build one of his "short pendulum" seismographs some day.
Later,
Charlie C.
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.
Eric
5:48 p.m.
On 5/24/10 8:31 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
Ian King wrote:
Stong
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
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. 
7:49 p.m.
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 20:48:40 -0400
From: mcguire at neurotica.com
To:
Subject: Re: OT : RIP Martin Gardner
On 5/24/10 8:31 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
Martin wrote 'Mathematical Recreations' in Sci Am
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Ian King wrote:
Stong
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL 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.
25 May
25 May
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.
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