The Magic of Charles Sanders PeircePersi Diaconis, Stanford UniversityMartin Gardner Lecture Saturday, August 9MAA MathFest 2025 Abstract: Charles Peirce was probably Martin Gardner's favorite philosopher. The father of Pragmatism and co-inventor of symbolic logic, he worked as a mathematician, statistician, geologist, and guru, making substantial contributions. He also invented startlingly original (pretty bad) card tricks. BUT,...
