{"id":826,"date":"2010-05-24T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathgradblog.williams.edu\/?p=826"},"modified":"2010-05-24T08:00:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T12:00:31","slug":"martin-garder-and-walter-rudin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2010\/05\/24\/martin-garder-and-walter-rudin\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Garder and Walter Rudin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/twofoldgaze.wordpress.com\/\">Kareem Carr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Gardner\">Martin Gardner<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Rudin\">Walter Rudin<\/a> died last week. Although I have never met either man, both had a profound effect on my development as a mathematical person. I am sure that this is true for many in the mathematical community. Martin Gardner wrote recreational mathematical articles of the sort that could, with the skill of a mystery writer, deploy pearls of mathematical intrigue that bit by bit would ensnare the reader in the wonder of numbers. His writing ignited and nurtured a passion for mathematics in a thirteen year old boy, a flame that continues to burn brightly. Rudin wrote some of the most beloved and well-read textbooks in all of mathematics. They are certainly among my favorites. Both men have done a lot to advance the understanding and appreciation for mathematics. In so doing, they have earned the admiration and gratitude of many. May they rest in peace.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kareem Carr Both Martin Gardner and Walter Rudin died last week. Although I have never met either man, both had a profound effect on my development as a mathematical person. I am sure that this is true for many &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2010\/05\/24\/martin-garder-and-walter-rudin\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" data-url=https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2010\/05\/24\/martin-garder-and-walter-rudin\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3gbww-dk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}