R. I. P. Martin Gardner
May. 23rd, 2010 03:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowDamn.
Martin Gardner died yesterday. To say that he was a major influence on my developing worldview would be an understatement; my love for mathematics and science owes more to him than to anyone else, with the possible exception of Isaac Asimov. His Mathematical Recreations column in Scientific American was always a joy; as a teenager I read most of his published collections of columns, and now have the full set on CD. I've seen other people mention The Annotated Alice and others of his works; for me, The Ambidextrous Universe is the one I love most. I still use some ideas from it when I teach linear algebra.
Rest in peace, Mr. Gardner. You were too a mathematician!
Martin Gardner died yesterday. To say that he was a major influence on my developing worldview would be an understatement; my love for mathematics and science owes more to him than to anyone else, with the possible exception of Isaac Asimov. His Mathematical Recreations column in Scientific American was always a joy; as a teenager I read most of his published collections of columns, and now have the full set on CD. I've seen other people mention The Annotated Alice and others of his works; for me, The Ambidextrous Universe is the one I love most. I still use some ideas from it when I teach linear algebra.
Rest in peace, Mr. Gardner. You were too a mathematician!
