Martin Gardner
1914 - 2010
General Information
Bio
(1914-2010) Writer. Martin Gardner was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and died in Norman, Oklahoma. He wrote fiction, poetry, literary and film criticism, and puzzle books. He moved to New York in the 1950s.
Full Name
Martin Gardner
Locations
Westchester
Author's Timeline
1914
BIRTH
Martin Gardner was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1914.
1952
LITWORK
In The Name Of Science
George Putnam's Sons, New York. Reprinted as Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, Dover Publications, New York, 1957.
Nonfiction.
George Putnam's Sons, New York. Reprinted as Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, Dover Publications, New York, 1957.
Nonfiction.
1956
RESIDENCE
Mr. Gardner wrote for Scientific American from 1956 until 1981, and lived in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, for most of those years.
1960
LITWORK
The Annotated Alice
Clarkson Potter.
ASIN B000H0KB0M.
Nonfiction.
Clarkson Potter.
ASIN B000H0KB0M.
Nonfiction.
1973
LITWORK
The Flight Of Peter Fromm
Los Altos, California: William Kaufmann, Inc. Prometheus Books; Reprint edition (1994).
0-87975-911-9.
Semi-autobiographical novel.
Los Altos, California: William Kaufmann, Inc. Prometheus Books; Reprint edition (1994).
0-87975-911-9.
Semi-autobiographical novel.
1976
LITWORK
The Incredible Dr. Matrix
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons.
0-684-14669-X.
Nonfiction.
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons.
0-684-14669-X.
Nonfiction.
1981
LITWORK
Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus
Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York.
0-87975-573-3 (paperback), 0-87975-144-4 (hardback).
Nonfiction.
Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York.
0-87975-573-3 (paperback), 0-87975-144-4 (hardback).
Nonfiction.
1988
LITWORK
The New Age: Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York.
0-87975-432-X.
Collection of columns written for the periodical, Skeptical Inquirer.
Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York.
0-87975-432-X.
Collection of columns written for the periodical, Skeptical Inquirer.
1989
LITWORK
How Not to Test A Psychic: Ten Years of Remarkable Experiments with Renowned Psychic Pavel Stepanek
Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York.
Nonfiction.
Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York.
Nonfiction.
1992
LITWORK
On the Wild Side
Prometheus Books.
0-87975-713-2.
Collection of columns written for the periodical, Skeptical Inquirer.
Prometheus Books.
0-87975-713-2.
Collection of columns written for the periodical, Skeptical Inquirer.
1996
LITWORK
Weird Water and Fuzzy Logic: More Notes of a Fringe Watcher
Prometheus Books.
1-57392-096-7.
Collection of columns written for the periodical, Skeptical Inquirer.
Prometheus Books.
1-57392-096-7.
Collection of columns written for the periodical, Skeptical Inquirer.
1998
LITWORK
Visitors from Oz: The Wild Adventures of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman
Saint Martins Press.
031219353X, ISBN-13 978-0312193539.
Fiction.
Saint Martins Press.
031219353X, ISBN-13 978-0312193539.
Fiction.
2000
LITWORK
Did Adam And Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience
W.W. Norton & Company.
0-393-32238-6.
Collection of columns written for the periodical, Skeptical Inquirer.
W.W. Norton & Company.
0-393-32238-6.
Collection of columns written for the periodical, Skeptical Inquirer.
2003
LITWORK
Are Universes Thicker than Blackberries?: Discourses on Godel, Magic Hexagrams, Little Red Riding Hood, and Other Mathematical
0-393-05742-9.
Collection of columns written for the periodical, Skeptical Inquirer.
0-393-05742-9.
Collection of columns written for the periodical, Skeptical Inquirer.
2010
DEATH
Martin Gardner died in Norman, Oklahoma, in 2010.
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