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Scott David Daniels <Sco### [at] Acm Org> wrote:
> PM 2Ring wrote:
> About the same age as me. Martin Gardner's services to recreational
> > mathematics are without equal. He's a living legend.
>
> Well, Sam Lloyd, whom he often grabs bits from, was pretty good, just
> a great deal earlier.
He sure was good. I always loved it when Martin wrote about Sam Loyd and his
puzzles. Sam was a good popularizer for his day, but Martin covered a wider
spectrum of material and had a bigger audience.
(In an attempt to get back on topic) POV is good for popularizing
mathematics. :) And I'm sure that more than a few ray-traced objects have
been motivated by mathematical puzzles and curiosities.
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