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Science Luminary Martin Gardner Dead at 95

Posted by timothy on from the sad-to-note dept.

From James Randi's blog comes word that science writer Martin Gardner has died at the age of 95. I never met Gardner, but one of his books (Entertaining Science Experiments With Everyday Objects) has been a favorite of mine since I was 6 or 7 years old; I didn't realize until just now quite how many books he authored.

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  1. Re:Great author by DannyO152 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Let me put in a cheer for the "Alice in Wonderland" he annotated.

  2. See also Bad Astronomy by Adrian+Lopez · · Score: 4, Informative

    Phil Plait has a writeup as well.

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