Martin Gardner was an author of books on mathematics and science, but he was also much more than that. He was a magician, thought to be one of the best of the last century. He had interests in philosophy and religion and was an authority on the works of Lewis Carroll. Gardner was born on October 21, 1914, and died on May 22, 2010. The Sacred Beetle is collection of articles that bring the layman through the complexities of science in a way that the ordinary person can understand.
Book Review:From Darwin on evolution to Einstein on relativity, covering subjects as diverse as science and literature, the sea, the laws of physics, the beautiful woman, logic, the bee, and the moon, this is a lively and lucid collection of essays by thirty-two leading interpreters of science.
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