In The Name Of Science

Gardner, Martin

Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1952

About this Item

X, 320 Pp. Black Cloth, Silver Title On Spine, Silver Emblem On Front Cover (This Emblem Lacking On Many Copies, Those Possibly Being Book Club Editions). First Edition (No Additional Printing Noted, Emblem On Front Cover, Dust Jacket Priced $4.00). The First Of About 100 Books On Science And Mathematics And Games By This Most Oft-Read Of Science Writers. Worn, All Silver Printing Strong. Dust Jacket Worn, Small Tears And Chips, Some Internal And External Reinforcement With Clear Tape. Martin Gardner (1914 ?2010) Was An American Popular Mathematics And Popular Science Writer With Interests Also Encompassing Scientific Skepticism, Micromagic, Philosophy, Religion, And Literature ? Especially The Writings Of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, And G. K. Chesterton. He Was Also A Leading Authority On Lewis Carroll. The Annotated Alice, Which Incorporated The Text Of Carroll's Two Alice Books, Was His Most Successful Work And Sold Over A Million Copies. He Had A Lifelong Interest In Magic And Illusion And In 1999, Magic Magazine Named Him As One Of The "100 Most Influential Magicians Of The Twentieth Century. He Was Considered The Doyen Of American Puzzlers. He Was A Prolific And Versatile Author, Publishing More Than 100 Books. Gardner Was Best Known For Creating And Sustaining Interest In Recreational Mathematics ? And By Extension, Mathematics In General ? Throughout The Latter Half Of The 20Th Century, Principally Through His "Mathematical Games" Columns.[12][13] These Appeared For Twenty-Five Years In Scientific American, And His Subsequent Books Collecting Them. Gardner Was One Of The Foremost Anti-Pseudoscience Polemicists Of The 20Th Century. His 1957 Book Fads And Fallacies In The Name Of Science[ Became A Classic And Seminal Work Of The Skeptical Movement. In 1976, He Joined With Fellow Skeptics To Found Csicop, An Organization Promoting Scientific Inquiry And The Use Of Reason In Examining Extraordinary Claims. He Was A Frequent Contributor To The New York Review Of Books.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In The Name Of Science
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1952
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science (general)