name: Martin Gardner
birth_date: 1914-10-21 00:00:00
death_date: 2010-05-22 00:00:00
genres: Science, Mathematics
influences: Carl Sagan, Voltaire
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about: Martin Gardner was an American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, literature (especially the writings of Lewis Carroll), philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion. He wrote the Mathematical Games column in Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, and published over 70 books.