Martin Gardner bibliography

Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (1957 revised edition) by Martin Gardner.

In a publishing career spanning 80 years (1930-2010),[1] popular mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner (1914-2010) authored or edited over 100 books and countless articles, columns and reviews.

All of Gardner's works were non-fiction except for two novels — The Flight of Peter Fromm (1973) and Visitors from Oz (1998) — and two collections of short pieces — The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix (1967, 1985) and The No-Sided Professor (1987).

Books

Original works

Collected columns, articles and reviews

As editor/annotator

For children

As contributor

Provided introduction, preface, foreword, or afterword only

"Mathematical Games": The Scientific American columns

Individual columns
Collected columns in book form

There are fifteen books altogether—what Don Knuth calls "the Canon"—that encompass Gardner's "Mathematical Games" columns (1956–1981) from Scientific American:[11]

1. The Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games (1959); Simon & Schuster
  • Reprinted in 1963 as The First Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games, Simon & Schuster
  • Reprinted in 1988 as Hexaflexagons and Other Mathematical Diversions: The Scientific American Book of Puzzles and Games, University of Chicago Press; ISBN 0-226-28254-6.
  • Reprinted in 2008 as Hexaflexagons, Probability Paradoxes, and the Tower of Hanoi: Martin Gardner’s First Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games; (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #1); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
2. The 2nd Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions (1961), Simon & Schuster.
  • Reprinted in 1987 by the University of Chicago Press; ISBN 0-226-28253-8.
  • Reprinted in 2008 as Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube: Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Diversions, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #2); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
3. Martin Gardner’s New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American (1966), Simon & Schuster
  • Reprinted and revised in 1995 as New Mathematical Diversions, Mathematical Association of America.
  • Reprinted in 2009 as Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi: Martin Gardner’s New Mathematical Diversions, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #3); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
4. The Numerology of Dr. Matrix: The Fabulous Feats and Adventures in Number Theory, Sleight of Word, and Numerological Analysis (Literary, Biblical, Political, Philosophical and Psychonumeranalytical) of That Incredible Master Mind (1967), New York: Simon & Schuster.
  • Reprinted/expanded in 1979 as The Incredible Dr. Matrix, Scribner.
  • Reprinted/expanded in 1985 as The Magic Numbers of Dr Matrix, Prometheus Books; ISBN 0-87975-281-5 / ISBN 0-87975-282-3.
  • Reprint forthcoming as Words, Numbers, and Combinatorics: Martin Gardner on the Trail of Dr. Matrix, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #9); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
5. The Unexpected Hanging and Other Mathematical Diversions (1969), Simon & Schuster.
  • Reprinted in 1991 by the University of Chicago Press; ISBN 0-671-20073-9.
  • Reprinted in 2014 as Knots and Borromean Rings, Rep-Tiles, and Eight Queens: Martin Gardner’s Unexpected Hanging, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #4); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
6. Martin Gardner's Sixth Book of Mathematical Games from Scientific American (1971), W.H. Freeman and Company
  • Revised by the Mathematical Association of America, 2001.
  • Reprint forthcoming as Klein Bottles, Op-Art, and Sliding Block Puzzles: More of Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Games, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #5); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
7. Mathematical Carnival (1975), Knopf.
  • Revised with forward by John H. Conway, Mathematical Association of America, 1992.
  • Reprint forthcoming as Sprouts, Hypercubes, and Superellipses: Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Carnival, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #6); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
8. Mathematical Magic Show (1977), Knopf.
  • Revised with forward by Ronald L. Graham, Mathematical Association of America, 1990.
  • Reprint forthcoming as Nothing and Everything, Polyominoes, and Game Theory: Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Magic Show, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #7); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
9. Mathematical Circus (1979), Knopf.
  • Revised with forward by Donald E. Knuth, Mathematical Association of America, 1992.
  • Reprint forthcoming as Random Walks, Hyperspheres, and Palindromes: Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Circus, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #8); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
10. Wheels, Life, and Other Mathematical Amusements (1983), W. H. Freeman & Co. ISBN 0-7167-1589-9.
  • Reprint forthcoming as Wheels, Life, and Knotted Molecules: Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Amusements, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #10); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
11. Knotted Doughnuts and Other Mathematical Entertainments (1986), W.H. Freeman & Co.; ISBN 0-7167-1799-9.
  • Reprint forthcoming as Knotted Donuts, Napier’s Bones, and Gray Codes: Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Entertainments, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #11); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
12. Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments (1988), W. H. Freeman & Co.; ISBN 0-7167-1925-8.
  • Reprint forthcoming as Tangrams, Tilings, and Time Travel: Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Bewilderments, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #12); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press
13. Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers (1989), W. H. Freeman & Co.; ISBN 0-7167-1987-8.
  • Reprint forthcoming as Penrose Tiles, Trapdoor Ciphers, and the Oulipo: Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Tour, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #13); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
14. Fractal Music, Hypercards and More...: Mathematical Recreations from Scientific American (1992), W. H. Freeman & Co.
  • Reprint forthcoming as Fractal Music, Hypercards, and Chaitin’s Omega: Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Recreations, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #14); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press.
15. Last Recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and other Mathematical Mystifications (1997), Copernicus Books, Springer Verlag; ISBN 0-387-94929-1.
  • Reprint forthcoming as The Last Recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and other Mathematical Mystifications: Martin Gardner’s Last Mathematical Recreations, (Series: The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #15); The Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University.

A more detailed list of editions can be found here. An extensive index, by Carl W. Lee, encompassing all 15 books can be found here.

Miscellaneous books
CD-ROMs

Uncollected articles and stories

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References

  1. ↑ Gardner's first publication at age 16 was a magic trick in the periodical The Sphinx.
  2. ↑ Little, John (October 29, 1981), "Review and useful overview of Gardner's book", New Scientist, 92 (1277): 320, retrieved 14 November 2010
  3. ↑ Omnibus of Gardner's first five published books: Match-ic (1936), 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck (1940), After the Dessert (1941), Cut the Cards (1942), and Over the Coffee Cups (1949).
  4. ↑ The title alludes to Charles Sanders Peirce's ridiculing of Laplace's "principle of insufficient reason", which suggested uniform prior probability for Bayesian statistics.
  5. ↑ This book is an abridgment of Bombaugh's 1890 work Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-Fields of Literature with extensive notes by Gardner.
  6. ↑ Revisions and additions by Gardner to the 1910 calculus textbook by Thompson.
  7. ↑ Omnibus edition of The Annotated Alice (1960) and More Annotated Alice (1990).
  8. ↑ This book, edited by David A. Klarner, was the tribute of the mathematical community to Gardner when he retired from writing his Scientific American column in 1981. Discreetly assembled for the occasion, the stature of the mathematicians submitting papers is a testament to Gardner's importance.
  9. ↑ Includes reminiscences from numerous Gardner admirers. This volume also contains the final annotations Gardner made to the Alice books post-"Definitive Edition" and a definitive bibliography of his Carroll-related writings.
  10. ↑ The “Centennial Edition”; the original 1973 edition lacks Gardner’s preface.
  11. ↑ The Canon: The fifteen "Mathematical Games" books at martin-gardner.org

Endnotes

  1. ^ Collected columns from the "Mathematical Games" series in Scientific American.
  2. ^ Collected columns from the "Notes of a Fringe Watcher" series in Skeptical Inquirer.
  3. ^ Collected columns from Gardner's series of "puzzle tales" in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine.
  4. ^ Collects Gardner's contributions to Hugard's Magic Monthly during the 1950s. Subsequent editions include new material.

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