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Martin Gardner – For Decades, Puzzling People With Mathematics
By Bill Lombard on 25 October, 2009
Martin Gardner has published over 70 books and is the chief person responsible for the widespread interest in recreational mathematics. He turned 95 on 21 October, 2009 and celebrated by publishing another book. He authored the Mathematical Games column in Scientific American for 25 years. He quite possibly has introduced more people to the fun [...]
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KenKen Comments by Stephen Shankland – a Review by a Cnet Writer
By Bill Lombard on 16 January, 2009
NOTE: Stephen Shankland joined CNET News in 1998 and contributes articles to cnet.com on a wide variety of technology topics. The following are excerpts from his article about KenKen: “Happily, just as I was getting disillusioned with Kakuro, KenKen stepped into my life. It arrived in the form of a book–a review copy of Will [...]
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