rostasi Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Martin Gardner 1914-2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Wow. The man who managed to cure me of my math hatred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 You know I couldn't quite place his name until I read all of the posts in that link about his book,“The Annotated Alice”. I read it back in college right around the time I decided to major in philosophy. I don't know whether to praise him or blame him for influencing that career choice. Anyway, it's an excellent book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 His books collecting his columns on math from Scientific American were a formative influence when I was a kid. I had no idea he was still alive. I also had no idea this existed until stumbling across it on Amazon just now, but I'm really tempted to get it so I can revisit some of his work for the first time in almost 35 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Wow. One of those guys that I sort of assumed would keep on going forever. (And I still suck at math.) RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 One of his important books was Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. Published over fifty years ago and still relevant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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