Martin Gardner
Biographic Data
| ID | 3847857 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Gardner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Gardner |
| SIGNATURE | GARDNER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Magna International (Germany) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1950 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Piracy Prosecutions in National Courts
At least for the time being, the international community must rely on national courts to prosecute modern-day pirates. The first wave of domestic piracy prosecutions suggests, however, that domestic courts have yet to achieve the necessary consistency and expertise in resolving key questions of international law in these cases. This article evaluates how courts trying modern-day pirates have addressed common questions of international law regardi…
The Healing Revelations of Mary Baker Eddy
The Fourth Dimension
Society for Social Medicine
Gardner's Whys and Wherefores
The Emperor's New Mind
For many decades, the proponents of `artificial intelligence' have maintained that computers will soon be able to do everything that a human can do. In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating tour through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a machine. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern…
Riddles of the Sphinx
This material was drawn from Gardner's column in Issac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. His riddles presented here incorporate the responses of his initial readers, along with additions suggested by the editors of this series. In this book, Gardner draws us from questions to answers, always presenting us with new riddles-some as yet unanswered. Solving these riddles is not simply a matter of logic and calculation, though these play a role. Luck…
The puzzles in Ulysses
The whys of a philosophical scrivener
The Ambidextrous Universe
The Flight of Peter Fromm
Mathematical Games
Reflections and Laterality
A New Prediction Paradox
Problems of Life
In the Name of Science
Is Nature Ambidextrous
Order and Surprise
“We are in the position of a little child,” said Einstein in a press interview twenty years ago, “entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different tongues. ... The child does not understand the languages in which they are written. He notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order which he does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects.”
Problems of Life
Piracy Prosecutions in National Courts
At least for the time being, the international community must rely on national courts to prosecute modern-day pirates. The first wave of domestic piracy prosecutions suggests, however, that domestic courts have yet to achieve the necessary consistency and expertise in resolving key questions of international law in these cases. This article evaluates how courts trying modern-day pirates have addressed common questions of international law regardi…
In the Name of Science
Is Nature Ambidextrous
Order and Surprise
“We are in the position of a little child,” said Einstein in a press interview twenty years ago, “entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different tongues. ... The child does not understand the languages in which they are written. He notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order which he does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects.”
Is Nature Ambidextrous
Problems of Life
In the Name of Science
A New Prediction Paradox
Reflections and Laterality
Mathematical Games
The Flight of Peter Fromm
The Ambidextrous Universe
The whys of a philosophical scrivener
The puzzles in Ulysses
Riddles of the Sphinx
This material was drawn from Gardner's column in Issac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. His riddles presented here incorporate the responses of his initial readers, along with additions suggested by the editors of this series. In this book, Gardner draws us from questions to answers, always presenting us with new riddles-some as yet unanswered. Solving these riddles is not simply a matter of logic and calculation, though these play a role. Luck…
The Emperor's New Mind
For many decades, the proponents of `artificial intelligence' have maintained that computers will soon be able to do everything that a human can do. In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating tour through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a machine. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern…
Society for Social Medicine
Gardner's Whys and Wherefores
The Fourth Dimension
The Healing Revelations of Mary Baker Eddy
Piracy Prosecutions in National Courts
At least for the time being, the international community must rely on national courts to prosecute modern-day pirates. The first wave of domestic piracy prosecutions suggests, however, that domestic courts have yet to achieve the necessary consistency and expertise in resolving key questions of international law in these cases. This article evaluates how courts trying modern-day pirates have addressed common questions of international law regardi…
Philosophy (9 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Art (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Communication (2 works)