RIP Martin Gardner, 1914-2010

The Skeptics Society's eSkeptic email newsletter brought me the sad news this morning that Martin Gardner, founder of modern sketpicism, passed away on May 22, 2010. Here's a Google News search that will bring up all news items about this extraordinary polymath. And here is the Amazon.com author page on Martin Gardner. If you've not had the pleasure of his essays, The Night Is Large: Collected Essays, 1938-1995 (1997) is one place to start.