Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks
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Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks
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The mathematics behind some of the world's most amazing card tricks Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of fun-to-perform card tricks - and the profound mathematical ideas behind them - that will astound even the most accomplished magician. Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham provide easy, step-by-step instructions for each trick, explaining how to set up the effect and offering tips on what to say and do while performing it. Each card trick introduces a new mathematical idea, and varying the tricks in turn takes readers to the very threshold of today's mathematical knowledge.
Diaconis and Graham tell the stories - and reveal the best tricks - of the eccentric and brilliant inventors of mathematical magic. The book exposes old gambling secrets through the mathematics of shuffling cards, explains the classic street-gambling scam of three-card Monte, traces the history of mathematical magic back to the oldest mathematical trick - and much more.
Book Details
- Authors: Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781400839384, 1400839386
- Print ISBN: 9780691169774, 0691169772
- Other ISBNs: 9780691151649
