Posted by It is really sad to know the death of someone especially if he had been a great contributor in what we have today. The great Martin Gardner had died May 22 at Norman Oklahoma. He died at the age of 95 years old but all his works and contributions will remain ageless and priceless. Gardner, a mathematician, philosopher, magician and writer was a pioneer in modern recreation mathematics and inventor of popular math games.
For many years, 1956-1982, he was a columnist in Scientific American and his column entitled Mathematical Games. For 30 years he had been the one writing and inventing several mathematical games for his column but it was taken over by Douglas Hofstadter and changed the title to Mathematical Themas. He was able to introduce audiences to wide variety of subjects like Flexagons, Polyominoes and the Soma Cube. He also wrote a regular column for the Skeptical Inquirer in the title of Notes of a Psi-Watcher.
He was able to produce almost 70 plus books like semi-autobiographical novel, The Flight of Peter Fromm, The Why’s of a Philosophical Scrivener and a version of Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland works, The Annotated Alice. His works are truly remarkable in the mathematics and science world. He was also one of the founders of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry which was known before as Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal and was able to be a part of the earlier Resources for the Scientific Evaluation of the Paranormal with other co-founders.
He had been scheduled for an appearance throughn a videolink at the upcoming The Amazing Meeting 8 in Las Vegas, where it will feature several other skeptical old timers in a panel discussions.
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