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Undiluted hocus-pocus : the autobiography of Martin Gardner.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Gardner, Martin, > 1914-2010.
Science writers > United States > Biography.
Mathematical recreations > United States > History > 20th century.
Mathematics > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Science > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Magicians > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.