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W. H. Auden, Arthur C. Clarke, Jacob Bronowski, Stephen Jay Gould and Carl Sagan were admirers of Mr. Gardner. Vladimir Nabokov mentioned him in his novel "Ada" as "an invented philosopher." An asteroid is named for him.
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Terrific writer. I found via Daniel Dennett and others during the whole "Godel Escher Bach" period in the 1980s.
Posted by: Jim Langer | May 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM
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Terrific writer. I found via Daniel Dennett and others during the whole "Godel Escher Bach" period in the 1980s.
Posted by: Jim Langer | May 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM