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Smallscale organic farming handbook the market gardener. From tricks with apples and bottle caps to tooth picks and whisk brooms, this collection offers concise and practical instructions for a wide range of fascinating magic. In a sense, april 21 is his 199th halfbirthday, since october 21, 2014, will mark 100 years since his birth. Oct 19, 2009 when i was a young math teacher back in the 60s, i read an interesting article by martin gardner in scientific american magazine on how to build your own soma cube, a 4x4x4 cube consisting of about my memory fails me 56 or so smaller pieces, that, if you were persistent, could be dissembled and reassembled into the original cube. Undiluted hocuspocus, by martin gardner the new york.