馬丁·加德納

馬丁·加德納（Martin Gardner，1914年10月21日－2010年5月22日）。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，台灣的出版社也以「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》
- 《表里不一的宇宙》
- 《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——數學悖論奇景》
- 《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 (in five parts) with MAA Editorial Director Don Albers, fifteeneightyfour: the blog of Cambridge University Press
- AMS Notices (2004). Interview with Martin Gardner Notices of the AMS, Vol. 52, No. 6, June/July 2005, pp. 602–611
- AMS Notices (2011). Memories of Martin Gardner 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」 Los Angeles Review of Books, November 4, 2013
- BBC News (2014). Martin Gardner, puzzle master extraordinaire BBC News Magazine, October 21, 2014
- Bhargava, Manjul (2018). An Interview with Manjul Bhargava with Colm Mulcahy, G4G13, April 2018
- Bellos, Alex (2010). Martin Gardner obituary The Guardian, May 27, 2010
- Berlekamp, Elwyn R (2014). The Mathematical Legacy of Martin Gardner 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 Academic Press, .
- Brown, Emma (2010). Martin Gardner, prolific math and science writer, dies at 95 The Washington Post, May 24, 2010
- Case, James (2014). Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Grapevine By James Case, SIAM News, April 01, 2014
- Costello, Matthew J. (1988). The Greatest Puzzles of All Time New York: Prentice Hall Press,
- Crease, Robert P (2018). Martin Gardner would have smiled 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 A K Peters: Wellesley, MA,
- Dirda, Michael (2009). Book review by Michael Dirda: 'When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish' by Martin Gardner The Washington Post, October 22, 2009
- The Economist (2010). Martin Gardner obituary Jun 3rd 2010
- England, Jason (2014). The puzzling life of Martin Gardner Cosmos Magazine, February 24, 2014
- Friedel, Frederic (2018). Remembering Martin Gardner , 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 Princeton University Press, .
- Gardner, Martin (2016). The Recreational Mathematics of Piet Hein Piet Hein Website
- Gathering 4 Gardner (2014). Martin Gardner—Magician
- Gould, Stephen Jay (1982). The Quack Detector The New York Review of Books, February 4, 1982
- Groth, George (1983). Review of Gardner’s Game with God The New York Review of Books, December 8, 1983
- Hofstadter, Douglas (2010). Martin Gardner: A Major Shaping Force in My Life Scientific American, May 24, 2010
- Kim, Scott (2014). Martin Gardner, May 18, 2014 - 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 By Evan Kindley, The New Republic, September 21, 2015
- Kullman, David (1997). The Penrose Tiling at Miami University Presented at the Mathematical Association of America Ohio Section Meeting Shawnee State University, October 24, 1997
- Lister, David (1995). Martin Gardner and Paperfolding British Origami Society, February 15, 1995.
- MAA FOCUS (2010). Remembering Martin Gardner vol 30 (4), August/September 2010
- MacTutor (2010). History of Mathematics archive: Martin Gardner
- Malkevitch, Joseph (2014). Magical Mathematics - A Tribute to Martin Gardner American Mathematical Society, March 2014
- Martin, Douglas (2010). Martin Gardner, Puzzler and Polymath, Dies at 95 The New York Times, May 23, 2010
- Martin Gardner—Mathematician (official website)
- Mirsky, Steve (2010). Scholars and Others Pay Tribute to "Mathematical Games" Columnist Martin Gardner Scientific American, May 24, 2010
- Mulcahy, Colm (2013). Celebrations of Mind Honor Math’s Best Friend, Martin Gardner Scientific American, October 29, 2013
- Mulcahy, Colm (2014). The Top 10 Martin Gardner Scientific American Articles Scientific American, October 21, 2014
- Mulcahy, Colm (2017). Martin Gardner — The Best Friend Mathematics Ever Had The Huffington Post, January 23, 2014
- Peterson, Ivars (2014). Honoring a Century of Martin Gardner 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 by Dana Richards & Colm Mulcahy, Scientific American, October 1, 2014
- Richards, Dana (2018). Martin Gardner, Annotator 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 The New York Times: Sunday Book Review, January 3, 2014

## 基本資料

- 日語原文：馬丁·加德納、Martin Gardner
- 出生日期：1914年10月21日
- 出生地：美國俄克拉荷馬州塔爾薩
- 逝世日期：2010年5月22日
- 逝世地：美國俄克拉荷馬州諾曼
- 居住地：美國俄克拉荷馬州諾曼
- 國籍：美國
- 知名於：迷題、數學科普、舞台魔術、揭露者
- 職業：作家
- 宗教：哲學有神論
- 配偶：夏洛特·加德納（Charlotte Gardner）