Quote of the day
One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
Martin Gardner
Born: October 21, 1914
Died: May 22, 2010 (aged 95)
Bio: Martin Gardner was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer, with interests also encompassing micromagic, scientific skepticism, philosophy, religion, and literature especially the writings of Lewis Carroll and G.K. Chesterton.
Known for:
- My best mathematical and logic puzzles (1994)
- Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (1952)
- Mathematics, Magic and Mystery (1956)
- The Annotated Alice (1960)