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Purpose: The Gathering for Gardner is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote the lucid exposition and discussion of new ideas in recreational mathematics, magic, puzzles, and philosophy.Background: Martin Gardner had no formal education in mathematics but has had an enormous influence on the subject. His writings exhibit an extraordinary ability to convey the essence of many mathematically sophisticated topics to a very wide audience. In the words first uttered by mathematician Richard K. Guy, Gardner has brought "more mathematics, to more millions, than anyone else."
Gardner's interests extend well beyond the traditional realm of mathematics. His writings have featured mechanical puzzles as well as mathematical ones, and extend to Lewis Carroll and Sherlock Holmes. He has had a life-long interest in magic, including tricks based on mathematics, on sleight of hand, and on ingenious props. He has played an important role in exposing charlatans who have tried to use their skills not for entertainment but to assert supernatural claims. Although he nominally retired as a regular columnist at Scientific American in 1982, Gardner's prolific output has continued.
Activities: Martin Gardner's influence has been so broad that a large percentage of his fans have only infrequent contact with each other. Tom Rodgers conceived the idea of hosting a weekend gathering in honor of Gardner to bring some of these people together. The first "Gathering for Gardner" (G4G1) was held in January 1993. Elwyn Berlekamp helped publicize the idea to mathematicians. Mark Setteducati took the lead inreaching the magicians. Tom Rodgers contacted the puzzle community. Since that time, six more biannual conferences have been held: the most recent was G4G9 , in 2010. There has been significant media attention given to the conferences, including several articles in The New York Times, Science News, Seed Magazine, and other publications.
Policies: The Gathering for Gardner Foundation provides its services on a competitive basis without regard for race, creed, color, national origin, or sex.
Support: The Foundation is financially supported by the community at large. The G4G Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation, based in Atlanta, GA. Financial contributions are tax-deductible.
2012 / G4G10
We are
pleased to announce the Occasion of The Tenth Gathering 4
Gardner (G4G10) Wednesday, March 28, 2012 through Sunday, April 1,
2012.
(Logo: Scott Kim
Celebration of Mind
In this spirit the Gathering 4 Gardner Foundation will celebrate Martin's life and work, and continue his pursuit of a playful and fun approach to Mathematics, Science, Art, Magic, Puzzles and all of his other interests and writings. We encourage everyone to bring a magic trick, puzzle, recreational mathematics problem or story about Martin to share at your event. We will host an archive of the events to share with all of the participants.The first Martin Gardner Global Celebration of Mind Gathering took place in different locations around the world on October 21, 2010, which would have been Martin's 96th Birthday. The second took place on and around Friday October 21, 2011.
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Paris
Israel
Serbia
Boston