Signed by Martin Gardner
The mathemagician and pied puzzler. A collection in tribute to Martin Gardner
Natick, Massachusetts: A K Peters, [1999]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 266; illustrated throughout, some in color; publisher's pictorial laminate boards; generally fine throughout. Signed on the title page by Martin Gardner. Contributions by Dana Richards, Jeremiah Farrell, Nob Yoshigahara, Oskar van Deventer, Rick Irby, Stewart Coffin, Raymond Smullyan, and a host of others, on magic, puzzlers, and mathmagics. 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 #61202
Price: $125.00
