<p>Martin Gardner, the "Mathematical Games" columnist for Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, was also a philosopher, polymath, magician, religious thinker, and the author of more than 70 books, including The Annotated Alice, The Ambidextrous Universe, and Visitors from Oz. Here his life and works are celebrated in a bouquet of essays about him or in his honor. Introduced by his son Jim, the book includes reminiscences by Douglas Hofstadter, Morton N. Cohen, Scott Kim, David Singmaster, Michael Patrick Hearn, and many others; a festschrift contains essays by such writers as Raymond Smullyan and Robin Wilson. This volume also contains the final annotations Gardner made to the Alice books post-"Definitive Edition," and a definitive bibliography of his Carroll-related writings. While put together under the aegis of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, it takes a far broader look at this remarkable man and his many interests and accomplishments.</p>

A Bouquet for the Gardener: Martin Gardner Remembered

Hofstadter, Douglas

Mark Burstein

GARDNER, MARTIN

Biographies & Memoirs

Lewis Carroll Society of North America

<p>For the first time, an exhaustive look at the art and career of Walt Kelly! From his days at Disney working on such films as Snow White,  Fantasia, Dumbo, and the Mickey Mouse shorts to his work for Dell comics culminating with Pogo, this full-color art book has it all! Packed with original, never-before-seen artwork, Disney artwork, beautiful examples of Kelly's comic book and book covers, and animation art, this definitive survey of Kelly's career presents essays by Walt Kelly scholars Thomas Andrae, Carsten Laqua, and Mark Burstein together with an appreciation by Kelly's stepson, Scott Daley. Also featured is the complete, never-before-printed interview with Ward Kimball, one of Disney's "Nine Old Men," sharing an inside look at Walt Kelly and the Disney Studio, as well as a complete, full-color Pogo Sunday sequence that has never been reprinted.  These Sunday strips are from the famous prehysterical sequence in which Kelly created an entire alternate universe of dinosaurs and cave people and has been acclaimed as one of the highlights of the Pogo comic strip.</p>

Walt Kelly: The Life and Art of the Creator of Pogo

Arts & Photography

Thomas Andrae

Carsten Laqua

Scott Daley

Individual Artists

Hermes Press

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