Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks

Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic TricksThe 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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 10/13/2015
ISBN: 9780691169774
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.40h x 8.40w x 0.60d