Magical Mathematics : The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks Hardback
by Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham
Hardback
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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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:264 pages, 133 color illus. 14 halftones. 56 line illus. 10 tables.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:23/10/2011
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- ISBN:9780691151649
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:264 pages, 133 color illus. 14 halftones. 56 line illus. 10 tables.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:23/10/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691151649
