Re:Communicating Advanced Mathematics to Kids
by ColinWright on Friday December 15, 2017 @11:58AM
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Martin Gardner was amazing. I was privileged to meet him shortly before he left us, and he was still spry, mentally alert, and interested in nearly everything. Much of his work has dated badly, some equally, much of it is timeless, and just as engaging now as it was then.
Martin was a huge influence on my life, and I treasure the afternoon I spent with him in person, and the thousands of hours I spent with him via his writings.
Re:Communicating Advanced Mathematics to Kids
by NuDinNou on Sunday December 24, 2017 @01:28PM
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You might like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/0883855453/
Re:Communicating Advanced Mathematics to Kids
by laderach on Friday December 15, 2017 @11:48AM
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Thank you for sharing your story! I am going to google Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games later this afternoon!
Re:Communicating Advanced Mathematics to Kids
by nileshtrivedi on Friday December 15, 2017 @12:37PM
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A book that is based on many of Martin's articles is: "Symmetry, Shape & Space".
A friend showed me a magazine at the library; it was Scientific American and it completely hooked me. This was 1963 and SA was then a great magazine. I read every current issue and then read the bound volumes of past issues. My favorite monthly columns were Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games and the Amateur Scientist. I read every one of those two columns ever published.
The schools I attended were not very good, but I learned a lot of math and science during those years at the library. I went on to score very high in math and science, got into great colleges and ended up with a very successful career.