Oct 21, 2021
. Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant generals — the flotsam and jetsam of historical currents. The men who radically altered history, the great scientists and mathematicians, are seldom mentioned, if at all. . From a book review in The New York Times (9 May 1976). . Martin Gardner (Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 21, 1914 – Norman, Norman, Oklahoma, May 22, 2010). #american #popular #mathematicswriter #sciencewriter #scientificskepticism #martingardner #osteospermum #anthena #gijon (en Xixón. Asturies) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVSrWb7s4HI/?utm_medium=tumblr
