马丁·加德纳（Martin Gardner，1914年10月21日—2010年05月22日），美国数学家和著名的数学科普作家。1936年毕业于芝加哥大学，学的专业是哲学。毕业后先当《民友报》记者，后来在芝加哥大学公众关系部工作。第二次世界大战爆发后，他在美国海军中担任随军记者，曾到过印度、菲律宾、东南亚、土耳其与中、近东许多国家和地区，见闻甚广。战后，他开始了自由撰稿人的生涯。据不完全统计，已写了五十本以上的书。曾多次获得过重奖。他的肖像曾在《生活》杂志及《新利周报》上刊登过。

马丁·加德纳（Martin Gardner，1914年10月21日—2010年05月22日），美国数学家和著名的数学科普作家。1936年毕业于芝加哥大学，学的专业是哲学。毕业后先当《民友报》记者，后来在芝加哥大学公众关系部工作。第二次世界大战爆发后，他在美国海军中担任随军记者，曾到过印度、菲律宾、东南亚、土耳其与中、近东许多国家和地区，见闻甚广。战后，他开始了自由撰稿人的生涯。据不完全统计，已写了五十本以上的书。曾多次获得过重奖。他的肖像曾在《生活》杂志及《新利周报》上刊登过。

In "The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix", Martin Gardner introduces us to this extraordinary man, Dr. Irving Joshua Matrix. Believed by many to be the greatest numerologist who ever lived, Dr. Matrix claims to be a reincarnation of Pythagoras. He was, however, completely unknown to the scientific community until Gardner wrote about him in "Scientific American" in 1960.That first re...(展开全部)

In "The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix", Martin Gardner introduces us to this extraordinary man, Dr. Irving Joshua Matrix. Believed by many to be the greatest numerologist who ever lived, Dr. Matrix claims to be a reincarnation of Pythagoras. He was, however, completely unknown to the scientific community until Gardner wrote about him in "Scientific American" in 1960.That first re...(展开全部)

《芝麻与百合》这书收入两篇演讲词，发表于1864年，第一篇题目为《帝王的宝藏》(Of Kings' Treasure)，对象是男孩子。所谓宝藏，是指图书馆，「芝麻」取义于《阿里巴巴与四十大盗》(Ali Baba and Forty Thieves)中开啓宝藏之门的咒语「芝麻开门」。这篇演辞中的教训就如那句咒语，打开知识的宝库—图书馆。第二篇《皇后的花园》(Of Queens' Garden)，对象是女孩子，女孩子就是皇后花园里的百合花。

Why do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes but leopards have spots? Mathematics is to nature as Sherlock Holmes is to evidence. Mathematics can look at a single snowflake and deduce the atomic geometry of its crystals; it can start with a violin string and uncover the existence ...(展开全部)

Why do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes but leopards have spots? Mathematics is to nature as Sherlock Holmes is to evidence. Mathematics can look at a single snowflake and deduce the atomic geometry of its crystals; it can start with a violin string and uncover the existence ...(展开全部)

“A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build “the thing without a name.” There’s Man-man, who goes from running for...(展开全部)