Who was Martin Gardner?
Q: Who was Martin Gardner?
A: Martin Gardner was an American writer who wrote about many topics, including mathematics, magic, literature, philosophy, skepticism and religion.
Q: What column did he write for Scientific American magazine?
A: He wrote the "Mathematical Games" column in the Scientific American magazine from 1956 to 1981.
Q: What column did he write for Skeptical Inquirer magazine?
A: After that, he wrote the "Notes of a Fringe Watcher" column in the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.
Q: How many books did he publish?
A: He published over 70 books.
Q: Did Gardner ever use pen names when writing?
A: Yes, Gardner sometimes wrote under pen names. As "Uriah Fuller" he wrote Confessions of a Psychic and as "George Groth", he criticized his book The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener.
Q: What topics did Gardner write about?
A: He wrote about mathematics, magic, literature, philosophy, skepticism and religion.
