Gardner's Whys & Wherefores - Hardcover

Gardner, Martin

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9780226282459: Gardner's Whys & Wherefores

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ISBN 10: 0226282457 ISBN 13: 9780226282459

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1989

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Martin Gardner is best known for his many popular books about science and mathematics, but in this collection he demonstrates that his interests encompass nearly everything else as well. No one will agree with all of Gardner's views, but it is hard to imagine a reader who will not find them exciting, provocative, and a pleasure to read.

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"Like most anthologies of essays by people of varied interests, this is an absolute hodgepodge of subjects, changing topics with the rapidity of a dictionary. There is no order to what comes next other than dividing the essays from the reviews and presenting each in chronological order. This gives a delightfully serendipitous quality that makes the reader eager to see what might come next." -- Paul Cardwell, Jr., The Denison Daily Post

About the Author:

Martin Gardner (1914 - 2010), the creator of Scientific American’s "Mathematical Games" column, which he wrote for more than twenty-five years, was the author of almost one hundred books, including The Annotated Night Before Christmas, The Annotated Snark, Martin Gardner’s Favorite Poetic Parodies, From the Wandering Jew to William F. Buckley Jr., and Science: Good, Bad and Bogus. For many years he was also a contributing editor to the Skeptical Inquirer.

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