Martin Gardner (1914 - 2010) edited the Mathematical Games column for ScientificAmerican from its origination in 1956 until he retired in 1986.

He wrote a number of books, including the following:

"The Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions" (ISBN 0671245597)

"The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix" (ISBN 0879752823)

He also wrote several works of fiction.

Read an interview with him at http://www.csicop.org/si/9803/gardner.html
and more about him at http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner.

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