Flexagon but Not Forgotten: Celebrating Martin Gardner’s Birthday | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network: "October 21 is the anniversary of Martin Gardner’s birth. Gardner (1914-2010) is a legend in recreational (and professional) mathematics circles. Although he had little mathematical training, his 1956-1981 Scientific American column ‘Mathematical Games’ has had a huge impact on the way people view math. In a Science Talk podcast shortly after Gardner’s death, Douglas Hofstadter, author of the popular math book Gödel, Escher, Bach, said that for himself and many others, ‘Scientific American was just the wrapping for Martin Gardner’s column.’"
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