# Stephen Barr

## Biography

Stephen Barr was born in England in 1904 to American parents and later moved to the United States. He began his career as a commercial artist and architectural draftsman before dedicating himself to writing full-time in 1955. Barr gained recognition for his science fiction short stories, which were published in notable magazines like Galaxy Science Fiction and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. An amateur mathematician, he also authored several books on mathematical puzzles, including *A Miscellany of Puzzles* and *Experiments in Topology*. Residing in Woodstock, New York, he was a friend and colleague of Martin Gardner, who often featured Barr's work in his mathematical columns.

## Books

- [I Am A Nucleus](https://samolit.com/books/96272)