Signed by Martin Gardner
Tribute to a mathemagician
Wellesley, Massachusetts: A K Peters, [2005]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xli, [1], 262; illustrated throughout, some in color; publisher's pictorial laminate boards; generally fine throughout. Per Wikipedia: "Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 – May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature – especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton. He was also a leading authority on Lewis Carroll. The Annotated Alice, which incorporated the text of Carroll's two Alice books, was his most successful work and sold over a million copies. He had a lifelong interest in magic and illusion ... He was considered the doyen of American puzzlers. He was a prolific and versatile author, publishing more than 100 books." Item #61020
Price: $100.00
