Undiluted hocus-pocus : the autobiography of Martin Gardner.
2013
QA29.G268 A3 2013eb
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Title
Undiluted hocus-pocus : the autobiography of Martin Gardner.
Author
Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.
ISBN
9781400847983 (electronic book)
9780691159911
9780691159911
Imprint
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxvii, 233 pages)
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QA29.G268 A3 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
793.74092 B
Summary
The late "Scientific American" columnist who published books on topics ranging from magic and math to philosophy and religion chronicles his life, from his childhood to his service in the Navy to his varied professional pursuits.
Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, philosophy, religion, pseudoscience, and Alice in Wonderland. His informal, recreational approach to mathematics delighted countless readers and inspired many to pursue careers in mathematics and the sciences.
Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, philosophy, religion, pseudoscience, and Alice in Wonderland. His informal, recreational approach to mathematics delighted countless readers and inspired many to pursue careers in mathematics and the sciences.
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Includes index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword: Magic, Mathematics, and Mysterians / by Persi Diaconis
Preface
Prologue: I Am a Mysterian
Earliest Memories
Lee School
Tulsa Central High, I
Central High, II
Hutchins and Adler
Richard McKeon
I Lose My Faith
Chicago, I
Chicago, II
I Become a Journalist
Mother and Dad
The Navy, I
The Navy, II
Esquire and Humpty
Scientific American
Pseudoscience
Math and Magic Friends
Charlotte
Bob and Betty
God
My Philosophy
Afterword: My Most Elegant Friend ... / by James Randi.
Preface
Prologue: I Am a Mysterian
Earliest Memories
Lee School
Tulsa Central High, I
Central High, II
Hutchins and Adler
Richard McKeon
I Lose My Faith
Chicago, I
Chicago, II
I Become a Journalist
Mother and Dad
The Navy, I
The Navy, II
Esquire and Humpty
Scientific American
Pseudoscience
Math and Magic Friends
Charlotte
Bob and Betty
God
My Philosophy
Afterword: My Most Elegant Friend ... / by James Randi.