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[[Gathering for Gardner]] is a bi-annual event which started in [[1992]] where a group of friends and admirers of [[Martin Gardner]] meets in Atlanta Georgia.  
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'''Gathering for Gardner''' is a bi-annual event which started in [[1992]], when a group of friends and admirers of [[Martin Gardner]] began meeting in Atlanta Georgia to honor him and his many interests.
  
 
The Gathering is by invitation only and includes some of the greatest thinkers
 
The Gathering is by invitation only and includes some of the greatest thinkers
 
in the areas of magic, puzzles, illusions, mathematics, origami and game theory.
 
in the areas of magic, puzzles, illusions, mathematics, origami and game theory.
  
The 2010 event, known as "G4G9" (as in “Gathering for Gardner,” and nine because it is the ninth such gathering) is  organized by Atlanta businessman Thomas Rodgers.
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The 2012 event, known as "G4G10" (as in “Gathering for Gardner,” and 10 because it was the tenth such gathering) was organized by the late Atlanta businessman, Thomas Rodgers. G4G11 will be held in Atlanta in March, 2014.
  
Gardner, who is in his 90s and despises travel, rarely attends and has made it to only two of the events in his honor.  
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Gardner had an aversion to traveling and large crowds. He attended only the first two Gatherings. He passed away in 2010 at the age of 95.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner</ref>
  
== References ==
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{{References}}
* http://www.g4g4.com
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* http://http://gathering4gardner.org/conferences/
 
* http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/infinite_jest/
 
* http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/infinite_jest/
  
 
[[Category:Conventions]]
 
[[Category:Conventions]]

Revision as of 13:20, 12 January 2014

Gathering for Gardner is a bi-annual event which started in 1992, when a group of friends and admirers of Martin Gardner began meeting in Atlanta Georgia to honor him and his many interests.

The Gathering is by invitation only and includes some of the greatest thinkers in the areas of magic, puzzles, illusions, mathematics, origami and game theory.

The 2012 event, known as "G4G10" (as in “Gathering for Gardner,” and 10 because it was the tenth such gathering) was organized by the late Atlanta businessman, Thomas Rodgers. G4G11 will be held in Atlanta in March, 2014.

Gardner had an aversion to traveling and large crowds. He attended only the first two Gatherings. He passed away in 2010 at the age of 95.[1]

References

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner