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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. R.I.P., Martin Gardner by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I want to speak for the entire geek community, so I'm posting A.C.

    Martin, you will be dearly missed. You've probably changed more lives than you could ever realize, and this planet was a better place because you existed.

    Requiescat in pace.

  2. Re:Adieu, Martin by dbg1000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This great quote sums it up for me and my son:

    "Martin Gardner has turned dozens of innocent youngsters into math professors, and thousands of math professors into innocent youngsters."

    From "Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems," attributed to Persi Diaconis