Martin Gardner was born Oct. 21, 1914, in Tulsa, Okla., where he spent most of his time on chess, magic tricks, science, mechanical puzzles and L. Frank Baum’s Oz series.

Legendary puzzle inventor and columnist Martin Gardner passed away at the age of 95 late last month. Ever since he created the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American in 1956, he’s ...

Martin Gardner died over the weekend at the age of 95. And joining us to talk about his legacy is Dana Richards. He's professor of computer science at George Mason University.

Martin Gardner, man of letters and numbers, died on May 22nd, aged 95. Try for free. Enterprise. Log in Menu. Skip to content. Try for free. Enterprise. Log in Menu. The world in brief.

Jordan Ellenberg reviews "Undiluted Hocus-Pocus," by Martin Gardner. An accomplished conjuror, the Scientific American columnist Martin Gardner delighted in puzzles, tricks and debunking frauds.

On Saturdays when I was a boy of 14 or 15, it was my habit to ride my red Roadmaster bicycle to the various thrift shops in my home town. One afternoon, at Clarice's Values, I unearthed a beat-up ...

For my generation of scientists, Martin Gardner, who died May 22 at 95, was a beloved father figure. From 1956 to 1981, he published a monthly column in Scientific American that turned wild ...