馬丁·加德納

馬丁·加德納（Martin Gardner，catIdx=G）。美國名聲顯赫的業餘數學大師、魔術師、懷疑論者，他是《科學美國人》雜誌上一個曾開設了20多年的數學遊戲專欄作者。他沒有數學博士學位，但是他的作品能讓廣大普通讀者和數學家也為之著迷。馬丁·加德納才華橫溢，著作頗豐，據不完全統計，迄今已寫了五十本以上的書。他曾多次獲獎，包括美國物理學會及美國鋼鐵基金會的優秀科學作者獎，臺灣的出版社也以「葛登能」、「葛老爹」為名翻譯他的著作。

**生平**
他生於美國俄克拉荷馬州的塔爾薩（Tulsa）。1936年，畢業於芝加哥大學哲學系。在進入大學之前，他是一個新教原教旨主義者。通過理性的思考，在大學期間他的信仰發生了變化，後來他成了一位哲學有神論者。畢業後他在家鄉的《民友報》擔任記者。二戰期間，他成為美國海軍的隨軍記者。戰後，他繼續從事自由撰稿人和編輯工作。他的主要工作是1957年到1981年在《科學美國人》的長期專欄作家，他所包辦的“數學遊戲”專欄，成為該雜誌的一個“特色產品”。

**被翻譯為中文的作品**
 《跳出思路的陷阱》- 《密碼傳奇》- 《人人都能懂得的相對論》- 《表裡不一的宇宙》- 《好科學、壞科學、偽科學》- 《不可思議的矩陣博士》- 《數學狂歡節》- 《啊哈？靈機一動》- 《從驚訝到思考——數學悖挑奇景》
*《矛盾集錦》 原名：Paradox Box
*《數學推敲》
*《打開魔數箱》

**延伸閱讀**
 Albers, Don (2008).  The Martin Gardner Interview date=20220408195622  (in five parts) with MAA Editorial Director Don Albers, fifteeneightyfour: the blog of Cambridge University Press- AMS Notices (2004).  Interview with Martin Gardner date=20211009213359  Notices of the AMS, Vol. 52, No. 6, June/July 2005, pp. 602–611- AMS Notices (2011).  Memories of Martin Gardner date=20220130215805  Notices of the AMS, Vol. 58, No. 3, March 2011, p. 420- Antonick, Gary (2014).  Ignited by Martin Gardner, Ian Stewart Continues to Illuminate The New York Times, October 27, 2014- Auerbach, David (2013).  A Delville of a Tolkar: Martin Gardner’s “Undiluted Hocus-Pocus” date=20151009000934  Los Angeles Review of Books, November 4, 2013- BBC News (2014).  Martin Gardner, puzzle master extraordinaire date=20220703175816  BBC News Magazine, October 21, 2014- Bhargava, Manjul (2018).  An Interview with Manjul Bhargava date=20220422113149  with Colm Mulcahy, G4G13, April 2018- Bellos, Alex (2010).  Martin Gardner obituary date=20220621063434  The Guardian, May 27, 2010- Berlekamp, Elwyn R (2014).  The Mathematical Legacy of Martin Gardner date=20220329172705  Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), September 2, 2014- Berlekamp, Elwyn R.,  John H. Conway, and Richard K. Guy (1982).  Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays date=20220413234851  Academic Press,  0120911507.- Brown, Emma (2010).  Martin Gardner, prolific math and science writer, dies at 95 date=20161225051040   The Washington Post, May 24, 2010- cite book |editor-last=Burstein |editor-first=Mark |year=2011 |title=A Bouquet for the Gardner: Martin Gardner Remembered |publisher=The Lewis Carroll Society of North America |location=New York |isbn=978-0-930326-17-3- Case, James (2014).  Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Grapevine date=20220407034502  By James Case, SIAM News, April 01, 2014- Costello, Matthew J. (1988).  The Greatest Puzzles of All Time New York: Prentice Hall Press, 0133649369- Crease, Robert P (2018).  Martin Gardner would have smiled date=20220422113147  Physics World: Education and Outreach Blog, 16 April 2018- Demaine (2008). Edited by Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Tom Rodgers.  A lifetime of puzzles : a collection of puzzles in honor of Martin Gardner's 90th birthday date=20220421115319  A K Peters: Wellesley, MA, 1568812450- Dirda, Michael (2009).  Book review by Michael Dirda: 'When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish' by Martin Gardner date=20191025103535  The Washington Post, October 22, 2009- The Economist (2010).  Martin Gardner obituary date=20170708081237  Jun 3rd 2010- England, Jason (2014).  The puzzling life of Martin Gardner date=20190616125149  Cosmos Magazine, February 24, 2014- Friedel, Frederic (2018).  Remembering Martin Gardner date=20190530131146 , Jan 16, 2018- Gardner, Martin (2010).  A Quarter Century of Recreational Mathematics by Martin Gardner, Scientific American, May 29, 2010- Gardner, Martin (2013).  Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner date=20160604080211  Princeton University Press, 0691159912.- Gardner, Martin (2016).  The Recreational Mathematics of Piet Hein date=20190609052217  Piet Hein Website- Gathering 4 Gardner (2014).  Martin Gardner—Magician date=20220129150725 - Gould, Stephen Jay (1982).  The Quack Detector date=20210630015750  The New York Review of Books, February 4, 1982- Groth, George (1983).  Review of Gardner’s Game with God date=20151026192910  The New York Review of Books, December 8, 1983- Hofstadter, Douglas (2010).  Martin Gardner: A Major Shaping Force in My Life date=20220213213519  Scientific American, May 24, 2010- Kim, Scott (2014).  Martin Gardner, May 18, 2014 date=20181023195836  - Scott Kim Website* Klarner, David A. (1998). Mathematical Recreations:  A Collection in Honor of Martin Gardner, Dover Publications, New York, pp. 140-166- Kindley, Evan (2015).  Down the Rabbit Hole: The rise, and rise, of literary annotation date=20220513090006  By Evan Kindley, The New Republic, September 21, 2015- Kullman, David (1997).  The Penrose Tiling at Miami University date=20170814145333  Presented at the Mathematical Association of America Ohio Section Meeting Shawnee State University, October 24, 1997- Lister, David (1995).  Martin Gardner and Paperfolding date=20200811163641  British Origami Society, February 15, 1995.- MAA FOCUS (2010).  Remembering Martin Gardner date=20220121123837  vol 30 (4), August/September 2010- MacTutor (2010).  History of Mathematics archive: Martin Gardner date=20160401012345 - Malkevitch, Joseph (2014).  Magical Mathematics - A Tribute to Martin Gardner date=20161225053847  American Mathematical Society, March 2014- Martin, Douglas (2010).  Martin Gardner, Puzzler and Polymath, Dies at 95 date=20100525103251  The New York Times, May 23, 2010-  Martin Gardner—Mathematician date=20220721205517  (official website)- Mirsky, Steve (2010).  Scholars and Others Pay Tribute to "Mathematical Games" Columnist Martin Gardner date=20220422113148  Scientific American, May 24, 2010- Mulcahy, Colm (2013).  Celebrations of Mind Honor Math’s Best Friend, Martin Gardner date=20220422113149  Scientific American, October 29, 2013- Mulcahy, Colm (2014).  The Top 10 Martin Gardner Scientific American Articles date=20220407034459  Scientific American, October 21, 2014- Mulcahy, Colm (2017).  Martin Gardner — The Best Friend Mathematics Ever Had date=20190218043936  The Huffington Post, January 23, 2014- Peterson, Ivars (2014).   Honoring a Century of Martin Gardner date=20210624202821  in MAA Focus, the newsmagazine of the Mathematical Association of America, Vol. 34, No. 5, Oct/Nov 2014- Princeton University Press  Reviews of Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner- Richards, Dana (2014).  Math Games of Martin Gardner Still Spur Innovation date=20220420033906  by Dana Richards & Colm Mulcahy, Scientific American, October 1, 2014- Richards, Dana (2018).  Martin Gardner, Annotator date=20220524010132  G4G13, April 2018 - video- Shermer, Michael  (1997).  Martin Gardner 1914–2010: Founder of the Modern Skeptical Movement Michael Shermer interviews Martin Gardner, Skeptic Magazine, Vol 5, No. 2 (1997)- Teller (2014).  ‘Undiluted Hocus-Pocus,’ by Martin Gardner date=20210629144511  The New York Times: Sunday Book Review, January 3, 2014

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**外部鏈接**
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