马丁•加德纳与他的“数学游戏”专栏回顾

Review of Martin Gardner and His‘Mathematical Games’Column in the Scientific American

中文关键词: 马丁?加德纳,《科学美国人》,数学游戏,科普

英文关键词: Martin Gardner  Scientific American  mathematical games  science popularization

中文摘要:

      本文对美国著名数学科普作家马丁?加德纳及其在20世纪下半叶的《科学美国人》中所主持的“数学游戏”专栏进行深入分析，发现其之所以取得如此成功是与加德纳自身的杰出才华和热情所分不开的。另外，当时的出版人杰拉德?皮尔也起到了伯乐的作用，发现了加德纳的优势的同时也预见到了这一专栏的美好未来。

英文摘要:

      This article analyses the famous mathematics writer Martin Gardner and his Mathematical Games column in Scientific American．It is found that the success of the column is owed to Martin Gardner's gift and enthusiasm．Gerald Piel，the former publisher of Scientific American is a judge of talents，who found optimism in Gardner and foresaw the future of the column.