I'm sorry to hear the news, too. Like so many others, I was inspired and intrigued by his column every month in Scientific American. Who, if anyone, will be the Martin Gardner of the current generation of young people? Bob Baillie --- George W. Hart wrote:
(Not fun.)
It is with great sadness that I report Martin Gardner died today.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/22/martin-gardner-191...
When I visited him last October in Norman, OK, he was sharp, alert, and happy to offer a list of great ideas he thought would be good for the Museum of Mathematics. He demonstrated some card tricks, calculator tricks, and a rope illusion. He told a number of interesting stories about his life and said he was starting to work on his autobiography --- a book project which he predicted would take three years to complete. I thought that it took enormous vision to start a three-year project at the age of 95 and am sad that it will never be finished.
George Hart http://momath.org http://georgehart.com
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