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In his Aug 1998 article "A Quarter-Century of Recreational Mathematics" in Scientific American magazine, Martin Gardner wroteFor 40 years I have done my best to convince educators that recreational math should be incorporated into the standard curriculum. It should be regularly introduced as a way to interest young students in the wonders of mathematics. So far, though, movement in this direction has been glacial.Martin Gardner was a hero to me and many other budding mathematicians. He opened th

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In his Aug 1998 article "A Quarter-Century of Recreational Mathematics" in Scientific American magazine, Martin Gardner wroteFor 40 years I have done my best to convince educators that recreational math should be incorporated into the standard curriculum. It should be regularly introduced as a way to interest young students in the wonders of mathematics. So far, though, movement in this direction has been glacial.Martin Gardner was a hero to me and many other budding mathematicians. He opened th

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