Image: Princeton University Press (2013)

"He was such a good man, a productive and useful member of our society. His books—so many of them—remain to remind us of his contributions to us all."—James Randi

Martin Gardner lived a very long and extremely productive life. Born on 21 Oct 1914 in Tulsa, OK, USA, he earned a degree in philosophy from the University of Chicago (1936), served four years in the Navy during WWII, and then moved to New York City, where he married Charlotte Greenwald in 1952, and had two sons, Jim and Tom.

Martin forged a highly influential career as a writer, in different but often overlapping fields, authoring over 100 mostly non-fiction books along the way. After a half century based in New York and then Hendersonville, NC, he relocated to Norman, OK, following the 2000 passing of his wife. He remained very active right up till his death on 22 May 2010, publishing reviews, articles and books into his mid-nineties.


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