Todaynis known as “Gathering for Gardner Day” and “Celebration of Mind Day.” It is a celebration of puzzles, math, Lewis Carroll,nskepticism and rationality.
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nMostnof all, it is a celebration of the life and work of Martin Gardner.
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MartinnGardner, born on this date in 1914, “teased” brains with mathnpuzzles in Scientific American magazine for decades, and he alsonwrote more than 70 books. Many of his books were compendiums ofnpuzzles, but not all; he wrote Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus,nMartin Gardner’s Table Magic, The Whys of a PhilosophicalnScrivener, The Annotated Alice,*nand many other non-puzzle books.
MartinnGardner, born on this date in 1914, “teased” brains with mathnpuzzles in Scientific American magazine for decades, and he alsonwrote more than 70 books. Many of his books were compendiums ofnpuzzles, but not all; he wrote Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus,nMartin Gardner’s Table Magic, The Whys of a PhilosophicalnScrivener, The Annotated Alice,*nand many other non-puzzle books. n
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n*nBy the way, if you’re wondering why a mathematical puzzles creatornwrote a book about Alice in Wonderlandn(and, it turns out, became a bit of an expert on Alice‘snauthor Lewis Carroll), remember that Lewis Carroll was a pen name for Charles Dodgson, a mathematician and math teachernat Christ Church College, part of Oxford University.
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Celebrate!
Celebrate!n
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nHavensome fun with Martin Gardner (and Martin Gardner-esque) puzzles onnPuzzle Playground.
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nAlsonon this date:
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Antilles Day (?)
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nReptile Awareness Day
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