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Profile: Martin Gardner, the Mathematical Gamester (1914-2010)
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoThanks for this - I particularly appreciate the information. Here are some other items, some with comments: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1371335 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1371335 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1371637 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1371637 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1372045 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1372045 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1372976 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1372976 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1374007 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1374007
- Jun8 16y agoFrom the Times obituary: In fact he was so old his age was the largest number with only two factors, where the two numbers below it also have only two factors each. This is a tremendous loss, I don't know anyone who can fill his shoes.