20 Oct
2009
20 Oct
'09
7:17 p.m.
Today's NYTimes has a short appreciation of Martin Gardner. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/20tier.html [If you haven't signed up for Exclusive(!) Online Access, try googling "For Decades, Puzzling People With Mathematics" to get the article.] I found it a bit thin, but it does recall the puzzle about how he was able to inspire so many kids to go into math. Maybe the key is having math as a hobby. Rich