Editing Martin Gardner (section)

==Legacy and awards==
The numerous awards Gardner received include:<ref>[http://martin-gardner.org/Awards.html Martin Gardner's Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318223932/http://martin-gardner.org/Awards.html |date=2016-03-18 }}</ref>
* 1987 – [[Leroy P. Steele Prize]] for his many books and articles on mathematics
* 1971 – L. Frank Baum Memorial Award from the [[International Wizard of Oz Club]]
* 1980 – The main-belt asteroid ''2587 Gardner'' discovered by [[Edward L. G. Bowell]] at [[Anderson Mesa Station]] is named after Martin Gardner.<ref>[http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Gardner JPL Small-Body Database Browser] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706150326/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Gardner |date=2018-07-06 }} 2587 Gardner (1980 OH)</ref>
* 1990 – [[Allendoerfer Award]] (along with Fan Chung & Ronald Graham) from [[The Mathematical Association of America]] (MAA)
* 1994 – JPBM Communications Award from the [[Joint Policy Board for Mathematics]]
* 1997 – became a Fellow (Class: Humanities and Arts, Section: Literature) of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].
* 1998 – [[Mathematical Association of America#Awards and prizes|Trevor Evans Award]] from the MAA<ref>[https://www.maa.org/evans-award The Mathematical Association of America's Trevor Evans Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516135420/http://www.maa.org/evans-award |date=2017-05-16 }}</ref>
* 1999 – listed in the "100 Most Influential Magicians of the Twentieth Century" by [[Magic (American magazine)|Magic magazine]].<ref>Magic magazine, Jun 1999, page 60</ref>
* 2011 – Houdini Hall of Honor award (posthumous) from the [[Independent Investigations Group]]

The Mathematical Association of America has established a Martin Gardner Lecture to be given each year on the last day of [[Mathematical Association of America#Meetings|MAA MathFest]], the summer meeting of the MAA. The first annual lecture, ''Recreational Mathematics and Computer Science: Martin Gardner's Influence on Research'', was given by [[Erik Demaine]] of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday, August 3, 2019, at MathFest in Cincinnati.<ref>[https://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest/program-details/2019/invited-addresses MAA MathFest 2019] Invited Addresses</ref>  The 2021 lecture ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y10nnD0NZUA Surprising discoveries of three amateur mathematicians:  M.C. Escher, Marjorie Rice, and Rinus Roelofs]'' was virtual and was given by Doris Schattschneider.<ref>[https://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest-archive/historical-invited-address-speakers Doris Schattschneider] MAA: 2021 Martin Gardner Lecturer</ref>

There are eight bricks honoring Gardner in the [[Paul R. Halmos]] Commemorative Walk, installed by The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) at their Conference Center in Washington, D.C.<ref>[https://www.maa.org/news/brick-installation-honors-martin-gardner Brick Installation Honors Martin Gardner] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628173936/http://www.maa.org/news/brick-installation-honors-martin-gardner |date=2017-06-28 }} MAA New release</ref> Gardner has an [[Erdős number]] of 1.<ref name=erdos>[https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/john-conway-reminiscences-about-dr-matrix-and-bourbaki/ John Conway Reminiscences about Dr. Matrix and Bourbaki] by Dana Richards & Collm Mulcahy, ''Scientific American'', October 1, 2014</ref>