Magical Mathematics - The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Persi Diaconis • Ron Graham
Foreword by:	Martin Gardner
Dimensions:	240 x 216 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-16977-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Other public performances & spectacles > Conjuring & magic
LSN:	0-691-16977-2
Barcode:	9780691169774

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