Thomas Malin Rodgers

Thomas Malin Rodgers (August 1, 1943 — April 12, 2012) was an Atlanta-based businessman and puzzle collector who is remembered as the originator of the Gathering 4 Gardner (G4G) educational foundation, first conceived in 1992.[1] He co-founded G4G with magician and toy inventor Mark Setteducati and UC Berkeley professor Elwyn Berlekamp.[2] Over the past three decades it hosted 14 biennial conferences for aficionados of the recreational mathematician and Scientific American columnist and writer Martin Gardner.[3] Rodgers also edited 6 volumes of Martin Gardner tribute books, published by AK Peters. Rodgers' personal physical puzzle collection was legendary.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference bellos_2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Puzzles + Math = Magic By Edward Rothstein, New York Times, April 3, 2004
  3. ^ Barrycades and Septoku: Papers in Honor of Martin Gardner and Tom Rodgers, edited by Thane Plambeck & Tomas Rokicki, American Mathematical Society, May 2020, p.xii ISBN 9781470448707
  4. ^ "The science of fun" By Alex Bellos, The Guardian, 30 May 2008
  5. ^ Remembering Tom Rodgers and the birth of the Gathering for Gardner Mark Setteducati [video]