Editing Martin Gardner (section)

==Gathering 4 Gardner==
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Martin Gardner continued to write up until his death in 2010, and his community of fans grew to span several generations.<ref name=dana_richards/> Moreover, his influence was so broad that many of his fans had little or no contact with each other.<ref>MAA FOCUS (2010): "His heritage goes beyond essays and books; he left a community of magicians, mathematicians, and wits carrying things forward and delighting in it all."–Peter Renz</ref> This led [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] entrepreneur and puzzle collector [[Tom Malin Rodgers|Tom Rodgers]] to the idea of hosting a weekend gathering celebrating Gardner's contributions to recreational mathematics, rationality, magic, puzzles, literature, and philosophy.<ref name=Mulcahy_2013/>  Although Gardner was famously shy, and would usually decline an honor if it required him to make a personal appearance, Rogers persuaded him to attend the first such "Gathering 4 Gardner" (G4G), held in Atlanta in January 1993.<ref>Robert P. Crease, ''[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304370304575151970094262604 Gathering for Gardner] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102700/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304370304575151970094262604 |date=2018-03-28 }}'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', p. W11, 2 April 2010</ref>

A second such get-together was held in 1996, again with Gardner in attendance.  A video was made for the [[CBC Television]] program ''[[The Nature of Things with David Suzuki]]''.<ref>Suzuki (1996)</ref> It featured Gardner along with many members of his circle and was called "Martin Gardner: Mathemagician" and broadcast on March 14, 1996.  At this point Rogers and his friends decided to make the gathering a regular, bi-annual event. Participants over the years have ranged from long-time Gardner friends such as [[John Horton Conway]], [[Elwyn Berlekamp]],  [[Ronald Graham]], [[Donald Coxeter]], and [[Richard K. Guy]], to newcomers like mathematician and mathematical artist [[Erik Demaine]], mathematical video maker [[Vi Hart]], and  [[Fields Medal]]ist [[Manjul Bhargava]].<ref name=dana_richards/><ref>[https://events.ajc.com/event/gathering-gardner-s-g-g-presents-poetry-drumming-and-mathematics-with-professor-manjul-bhargava--02eqzjmat6 Gathering 4 Gardner's G4G13 Presents "Poetry, Drumming, and Mathematics" with Professor Manjul Bhargava] ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'', April 15, 2018</ref>

The attendees at G4G include magicians, mathematicians, jugglers, philosophers, scientific skeptics, fans of Lewis Carroll, puzzle collectors, fans of Conway's game of life, Rubic's cubers, chess masters, and any other topic that Gardner was interested in or had written about.

The first gathering in 1993 was G4G1 and the 1996 event was G4G2.  Since then it has been in even-numbered years.<ref>Crease (2018)</ref> The 2018 event was G4G13.<ref>[http://www.gathering4gardner.org/g4g13-information/ G4G13 Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520054438/http://www.gathering4gardner.org/g4g13-information/ |date=2018-05-20 }} gathering4gardner.org</ref> Because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the G4G14 event was not held until 2022.<ref>[https://physicsworld.com/a/hello-interflexionality-what-i-learned-from-the-14th-gathering-for-gardner/ Hello interflexionality: what I learned from the 14th Gathering for Gardner], by Robert Crease, 03 August 2022. Physics World</ref> Two years later G4G15 took place.  All G4Gs up to 2024 have been in Atlanta.