Undiluted Hocus-Pocus by Martin Gardner

How a magician becomes a world-class mathematician despite having no math degrees. Writes dozens of books and hundreds of articles and has a world-wide following.

This autobiography is truly remarkable for its honesty and disarming transparency. It is almost childlike in its candor. A man of many friends and many famous acquaintances.

A couple chapters deal with his belief in God. These passages are delightful for their lack of artifice, their grace and simplicity. He is strongly influenced by G. K. Chesterton though stops quite a bit short of his orthodoxy.