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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
Richard Wiseman
Richard Wiseman (born 1966)

psychologist, professor, academic, magician

  • University of Edinburgh, University College London

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