On the 22nd of May 2010 the American puzzle expert Martin Gardner died aged 95. For many years Martin Gardner wrote a column for Scientific American call 'Mathematical Games' and is the author of over 100 books. He is a large figure in the popularisation of Mathematics, and a big influence
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Elwyn Berlekamp - Gallimaufry of Games - G4G13 Apr 2018
Gallimaufry of Games
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"Martin Gardner 1914-2010 -- The Best Friend Mathematics Ever Had"
"Martin Gardner 1914 2010 -- The Best Friend Mathematics Ever Had" video presentation by Colm Mulcahy. An introduction to popular mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner, who wrote over 100 books, created for the centennial of his birth. Videotaped by Laura McHugh of the MAA, post pr
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Colm Mulcahy - Martin Gardner Word Play - G4G13 Apr 2018
Martin inspired both the Journal of Recreational Mathematics and the The Journal of Recreational Linguistics, both founded 50 years ago this year. Martin's favourite recreational mathematics puzzles are well known, so this is a good time to take a look at some of the anagrams, pangrams, li
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Twelveness, A Fibonacci Verse – Kate Jones
A 12-step Fibonacci verse as tribute to Martin Gardner and the 12 pentominoes
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Dana Richards - Juvenilia - G4G12 April 2016
A discussion of Gardner's writings while young and also his writings for youth.
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Mark Burstein - The Literary Englishman & the "Scientific American" - G4G14 Apr 2022
"The Literary Englishman and The Scientific American" discusses Martin Gardner's affinity for Lewis Carroll as expressed in his "Mathematical Games," where Carroll was the most mentioned individual over the life of the column. Along with various diversions and digressions, the lavishly ill
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My Math Bookshelf (Middle Row)
These are some of my math books from one of my bookshelves. There are 26 total:) If you enjoyed this video please consider liking, sharing, and subscribing. *****The books with links to amazon if available****** Topics in Ring Theory by Barshay Ring Theory by Gordon Topics in Algebra b
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Bob Hearn - How Martin Gardner Inspired an Area of Theoretical Computer Science - CoM Oct 2021
Reconfiguration: How Martin Gardner Inspired an Area of Theoretical Computer Science A popular area in theoretical computer science for the past ten or fifteen years is known as “combinatorial reconfiguration”, or just “reconfiguration”. What is not widely appreciated is the debt this fie
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Dana S Richards - Are You a Mathematician? - G4G14 April 2022
Martin Gardner is best known as a writer of recreational mathematics. It is often said he was not a mathematician; he said so himself. However he often contributed original results. These are found in math journals, his column and in the magic literature.
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Ryan Hayword - Hex: Two Books & One Puzzle - G4G14 Apr 2022
A brief intro to Hex, the Full Story (CRC Press) and Hex, a Playful Introduction (MAA Press)
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Alexandre Muñiz - How to Roll Two Dice - CoM Oct 2021
Players of games like Monopoly and Settlers of Catan roll a pair of six-sided dice and use the sum of the results. There are a number of designs for non-standard dice that give the same distribution of results. One well known one is the pair of Sicherman dice, created by Col. George Sicher
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Ezra (Bud) Brown - Puzzles & Wonders from Elwyn, Richard, John, Ron, and Martin - CoM Oct 2020
This talk will be about some or all of these: Tic Tac Toe, Hat Puzzles, Blocks on a rug, Sequences, Dots and Boxes, Counting on your Fingers, How 16 times 16 equals 24, some evidence that there aren’t nearly enough Small Numbers, and a new kind of cipher that gave jobs to millions of worth
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Remembering John Conway - Part 4
Bay Area Artists and Mathematicians - BAAM! with Gathering 4 Gardner - G4G present Remembering John Conway Mathematician John Horton Conway died of COVID-19 on April 11, 2020. On April 25th, the Bay Area Artists and Mathematicians (BAAM!) hosted an informal Zoom session to share memories
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The Pirates and the Coconuts math puzzle
Here's a Martin Gardner problem you might enjoy! Not too difficult, but I needed to think about something warm... Next puzzle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_ztjxrGxs Solution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FloCAhc3PR4 Previous puzzle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9iiuJx7t-U Find me
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A Tribute to Berlekamp, Conway, Guy, Graham, and Randi - G4G14 Apr 2022
In the long four years between G4G13 and G4G14, we lost some towering figures from the G4G community. It is hard for many of us to see how we can go on without them, but their legacy will live on. In this tribute session, we honor Elwyn Berlekamp, John Conway, Richard Guy, Ron Graham, and
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Mark Burstein - Martin & Lewis, or The Gardener's Carol - G4G14 Preview
Mark Burstein, a plenary (featured) speaker at the forthcoming G4G14, introduces himself, Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner, and their nexus in “The Annotated Alice” in preparation for his upcoming talk, “The Literary Englishman and ‘The Scientific American’.”
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These are some of the math books that Richard Feynman used to self-study mathematics. Feynman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. Calculus for the Practical Man: https://amzn.to/3yxcFBl His Physics Books: https://amzn.to/3T9PdDG Trigonometry for the Practical Man: https://amzn.to/3JAQ
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