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Undiluted hocus-pocus : the autobiography of Martin Gardner.
- Title
- Undiluted hocus-pocus : the autobiography of Martin Gardner.
- Author
- Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.
- Publication
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | JFD 16-2851 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxvii, 233 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Magicians > United States > Biography
- Science > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Mathematics > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Science writers > United States > Biography
- Journalists > United States > Biography
- Mathematical recreations > United States > History > 20th century
- Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Foreword: Magic, Mathematics, and Mysterians / by Persi Diaconis -- Preface -- Prologue: I Am a Mysterian -- Earliest Memories -- Lee School -- Tulsa Central High, I -- Central High, II -- Hutchins and Adler -- Richard McKeon -- I Lose My Faith -- Chicago, I -- Chicago, II -- I Become a Journalist -- Mother and Dad -- The Navy, I -- The Navy, II -- Esquire and Humpty -- Scientific American -- Pseudoscience -- Math and Magic Friends -- Charlotte -- Bob and Betty -- God -- My Philosophy -- Afterword: My Most Elegant Friend ... / by James Randi.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-2851
- ISBN
- 9780691159911
- 0691159912
- LCCN
- 2013016324
- OCLC
- 2013016324
- Author
- Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.
- Title
- Undiluted hocus-pocus : the autobiography of Martin Gardner.
- Publisher
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-2851