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The man known to readers of his New York Observer column as "The Edgy Enthusiast" has distinguished himself as a writer with extraordinary range, an ability to tell stories that are frequently philosophical, comical, and suspenseful all at once. restlessly probing, deeply intelligent." The acclaim came as no surprise to those who have been reading Ron Rosenbaum's journalism, published widely in America's best magazines for three decades. a provocative work of cultural history that is as compelling as it is thoughtful, as readable as it is smart." Time called it "brilliant. In 1998, Ron Rosenbaum published Explaining Hitler, a national bestseller and one of the most acclaimed books of the year, hailed by Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times as "lucid and exciting. This is the 1985 Prometheus Books edition and contains all the Dr. Matrix, the first in 1967 they were revised as Gardner reconnected with the good doctor over the years. This volume is a collection of Irving Joshua Matrix columns published in the magazine from 1960-1980. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them no one-before Gardner-had written about mathematics like this. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists.
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