The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was
Martin Gardner is an American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, pseudoscience, literature (especially the writings of Lewis Carroll), philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion. He wrote the 'Mathematical Games' column inScientific Americanfrom 1956 to 1981, and he has published over 70 books.Russel B. Nye, Professor Emeritus and historian of American culture and literature, won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for biography. Nye taught English at the Michigan State University for 39 years and served 13 years as chairman of the English Department there. The Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collection in the MSU Libraries includes over 150,000 items.