Martin Gardner (1914 - 2010), the creator of Scientific American's "Mathematical Games" column, which he wrote for more than twenty-five years, was the author of almost one hundred books, including The Annotated Night Before Christmas, The Annotated Snark, Martin Gardner's Favorite Poetic Parodies, From the Wandering Jew to William F. Buckley Jr., and Science: Good, Bad and Bogus. For many years he was also a contributing editor to the Skeptical Inquirer.
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"How do you condense some of the best writings in science during the last 100 years? Select the 31 most wonderful contributors to science and science writing in that period. Pick some of the most thought-provoking contributions by them that represent the peak of their accomplishments. That is what Martin Gardner has done in editing this anthology ..." - Science Books & Films