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- ↑ Dana S Richards, George Mason University, National Science Foundation Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library
- 1 2 3 The Bibliography of Martin Gardner Dana Richards (editor), Donald E. Knuth (foreword), June, 2023, Pub: Stanford Center for the Study of Language and Information, ISBN 1684000327
- 1 2 3 Dana Richards GMU: Biosketch
- ↑ Dana Richards at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Awards National Science Foundation
- ↑ Books by Dana Richards ISBN.NET
- ↑ Dana S. Richards Computer Science Bibliography at DBLP
- ↑ Speaker: Dana Richards Brigham Young University, Mar 22nd 2018
- ↑ Martin Gardner: A Documentary by Dana Richards martin-gardner.org
- ↑ Richards, Dana (2018). Martin Gardner, Annotator G4G13, April 2018 - video
- ↑ The Legacy of Math Writer Martin Gardner NPR: All Things Considered , May 24, 2010
- ↑ Meeting of the Puzzlers: Hundreds get together to celebrate Martin Gardner and recreational math By Dana Richards, Scientific American, June 2014
- ↑ Math Games of Martin Gardner Still Spur Innovation By Colm Mulcahy and Dana Richards, Scientific American, October 2014
- ↑ Dana Richards (Editor), Martin Gardner (Author), The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems, W. W. Norton, ISBN 978-0-393-06114-7
- ↑ RETROSPECTIVE: Martin Gardner (1914–2010) Science, 09 July 2010, Vol. 329, Issue 5988, pp. 157
- ↑ Algorithmic Puzzles and Martin Gardner Dana Richards CoM Oct 2020, Jan 22, 2021
- ↑ Dear Martin Dear Marcello: Gardner and Truzzi on Skeptic WorldScientific, p. 10
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