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Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner (1914-2010)

journalist, literary critic, magician, philosopher, mathematician, science communicator

  • University of Chicago

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aha!
Gardner's whys & wherefores
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
Relativity for the million
Aha! gotcha
Comets & Computers
The new age
Knotted doughnuts and other mathematical entertainments
Science Puzzlers
More Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd
The 2nd Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions
Wheels, life, and other mathematical amusements
The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was
Classic brainteasers
Mathenauts
Black holes & bug-eyed-monsters
The night is large
The Ambidextrous Universe
Mathematical magic show
The Unexpected Hanging and Other Mathematical Diversions
The healing revelations of Mary Baker Eddy
Visitors from Oz
Mental magic
The Mathematical Gardner
Mathematical Puzzles
Mathematical Circus
Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers
Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction
Science Fiction Puzzle Tales
Space Puzzles
Science Magic
Undiluted Hocus-Pocus
The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Fifth Series
Weird water & fuzzy logic
The Tokyo puzzles
The Country Of The Blind And Other Science-fiction Stories
Smart Science Tricks
The Jinn from Hyperspace
How not to test a psychic
aha! Insight
Urantia
The whys of a philosophical scrivener
Science
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?
Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 (1948)
Martin Gardner's Sixth book of mathematical diversions from Scientific American
The Annotated Casey at the Bat
New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American
Best remembered poems
The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix
The Last Recreations
Time travel and other mathematical bewilderments
On the wild side
The arrow book of brain teasers
Gardner's Workout
The flight of Peter Fromm
The Annotated Night Before Christmas
The Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions
Logic Machines and Diagrams
Mathematics, magic and mystery
Brain Teasers (pocket puzzlers)
In the Name of Science
Dark Stars & Dragons
The colossal book of short puzzles and problems
My best mathematical and logic puzzles
The Universe in a Handkerchief
Match-ic
A Bouquet for the Gardener
Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd
Optical Illusion Play Pack
The snark puzzle book
The wreck of the Titanic foretold?
The Colossal Book of Mathematics
From the Wandering Jew to William F. Buckley
When you were a tadpole and I was a fish
Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers
Archimedes
Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
Great Essays in Science
Desafíos Mentales
Are Universes Thicker Than Blackberries?
Mind-Boggling Word Puzzles
Puzzles from other worlds
Martin Gardner's table magic
Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic
Colossal Book Of Wordplay
Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers
Mathematical Carnival
Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers..
More Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
Order and surprise
Never make fun of a turtle, my son
More Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers
Are Universes Thicker Than Blackberries?
REMUE-MENINGES CAPTIVANTS
Damas, Parabolas y Mas Mistificaciones Matematicas / Checkers, Parables and Other Mathematical Mystifications
Over the coffee cups
Martin Gardner Presents
A Gathering of Gardner
Cut the cards
Extraterrestrials & Eclipses
The no-sided professor, and other tales of fantasy, humor, mystery, and philosophy
MARTIN GARDNER'S NEW MATHEMATICAL DIVERSIONS FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Riddles of the sphinx, and other mathematical puzzle tales
Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games
Eğlenceli Matematik Bilmeceleri
Mathematical Circus
The Scientific American book of mathematical puzzles & diversions
Geometrie mit Taxis (German Edition)
Huevos, nudos y otros mitos
Mathematical puzzles & diversions
Enigmas de otros mundos
¡Aja! Paradojas que te hacen pensar
Bilimin Büyüsü
The Book of Visual Illusions
The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was
Logic Machines, Diagrams and Boolean Algebra
Mathematical Magic Show
Mathematical Games Knowledge Cards
Cartomagia
Les Magiciens démasqués
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
The ambidextrous universe
Fractal Music, Hypercards and More Mathematical Recreations from "Scientific American"
Puro Abracadabra
Matemagia
Fads & Fallacies in the Name of Science (Masterpieces of Science)
¡Aja! Paradojas que te hacen pensar
Flight of Peter Fromm
The 2nd Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
Magia de Cerca
T'ongsŏp kwa chichŏk sagi
Magia Inteligente
Science Puzzlers
Relativity for the million
Martin Gardner's favorite poetic parodies
Peter Puzzlemaker Returns!
Los mágicos números del Doctor Matrix
Relativity for the Million
Mathematics, Magic and Mystery
Matematicheskie golovolomki i razvlechenii͡a
Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
In the name of science
The Annotated Snark
Matematikçinin Galaksi Rehberi
Space Puzzles
12 tricks with a borrowed deck
Archimedes, mathematician and inventor
Damas, parábolas y más mistificaciones
Perplexing puzzles and tantalizing teasers
Logic machines and diagrams
Famous poems from bygone days
Never make fun of a turtle, my son
Classic Mind-Bending Puzzles 2007 Calendar
Cut the cards
Classic Mind-bending Puzzles 2008 Calendar
Mathematical puzzles
Alte amuzamente matematice
Mathematical Marvels
Over the coffee cups
Matematicheskie chudesa i taĭny
Ingenio Para Genios
George Henry Lewes
George Henry Lewes (1817-1878)

literary critic, philosopher, theatre critic, journalist, naturalist

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The physiology of common life
ha-Raʻav ṿeha-tsama
The physiology of common life
Life and works of Goethe
The principles of success in literature
The story of Goethe's life
Problems of life and mind
Comte's philosophy of the sciences
A biographical history of philosophy
On actors and the art of acting
The Physiology of Common Life
Sea-side studies at Ilfracombe, Tenby, the Scilly Isles, and Jersey
On Actors and the Art of Acting
The Biographical History of Philosophy from Its Origin in Greece Down to the Present Day
Problems of Life and Mind
A Biographical History of Philosophy
The Physiology of common life v. 1
The Physical Basis of Mind ...: Being the Second Series of Problems of Life and Mind
Comte's Philosophy of the Sciences: Being an Exposition of the Principles of ..
Studies in animal life
The biographical history of philosophy from its origin in Greece down to the present day
The Story of Goethe's Life
The Physical Basis of Mind
The life of Maximilien Robespierre
The letters of George Henry Lewes
The history of philosophy from Thales to Comte
Goethe's Leben und Werke
The Life and Works of Goethe: With Sketches of His Age and Contemporaries, from Published and ..
The Life and Works of Goethe: With Sketches of His Age and Contemporaries ..
Versatile Victorian
[Three sisters and three fortunes
The Physical Basis of Mind ...: Being the Second Series of Problems of Life ..
Aristoteles-- ein Abschnitt aus einer Geschichte der Wissenschaften
The Spanish drama ; Lope de Vega and Calderon / by G.H. Lewis. The Cid : a short chronicle, founded on the early poetry of Spain / by George Dennis
Letters of George Henry Lewes
Science and speculation
Sea-side studies at Ilfracombe, Tenby, the Scilly isles, & Jersey
Literary criticism of George Henry Lewes
Studies in Animal Life
The Biographical History of Philosophy from Its Origin in Greece Down to the Present Day Part Two
The Physiology Of Common Life V2
Aristotle
Biographical History of Philosophy from Its Origins in Greece Down to the Present Day
The history of philosophy
The Physical Basis of Mind (1877) (Thoemmes Press - Classics in Psychology)
Comte's Philosophy of the Sciences Being an Exposition of the Principles of the Cours De Philosophie Positive of Auguste Comte
Ranthorpe
Studies in animal life
Rose, Blanche, and Violet
Problems of life and mind
Son of Sennacherib King of Assyria Bc 681 to 668
The Principles of Success in Literature
The story of Goeth's life
Life of J.W. von Goethe
The lawyers
The physical basis of mind
The Spanish drama
The life and works of Goethe, with sketches of his age and contemporaries
The life & works of Goethe
The physical basis of mind ...
The life of Maximilien Robespierre, with extracts from his unpublished correspondence
Sunshine through clouds
The Fortnightly
The noble heart
The game of speculation
A cozy couple
Foundations for a science of mind
The Spanish drama: Lope de Vega and Calderón
Problems of life and mind
A biographical history of philosophy
A chain of events
A strange history
The study of psychology
The history of philosophy fom Thales to Comte
Give a dog a bad name
Buckstone's adventure with a Polish princess
The life of Goethe
Sunshine through the clouds
Geschichte der Philosophie von Thales bis Comte
Naturstudien am Seestrande
The story of Goethe's life
The physiology of common life
Ranthorpe
The physical basis of mind
The life and works of Goethe
The story of Geothe's life
Literary criticism of George Henry Lewes
The history of philosophy
Goethes leben und werke
The life of Goethe
The biographical history of philosophy, from its origin in Greece down to the present day
The Spanish drama
The foundations of a creed
Aristoteles
Dzieje żywota i utworów Goethego
On actors and the art of acting
Problems of Life and Mind, By George Henry Lewes. Third Series
Story of Goethe's life
The life and works of Goethe
Text-Book in Psychology
Aristotle : a chapter from the history of science, including analyses of Aristotle's scientific writings
The biographical history of philosophy from its origin in Greece down to the present day
Comte's philosophy of the sciences
The life of Goethe
[Contributions to The Leader
The biographical history of philosophy, from its origin in Greece down to the present day