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Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks

by Ron Graham, Persi Diaconis
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Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks
Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks

Where card tricks meet beautiful mathematical wonder

This is a great read if you love books that make clever ideas feel playful instead of intimidating. It doesn’t just explain tricks, it lets you see the hidden mathematical patterns that make them work, which gives the whole book a real sense of delight. Readers who enjoy smart, surprising nonfiction will probably find it both entertaining and genuinely mind-expanding.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks

by Ron Graham, Persi Diaconis
RM44.00 MYR
Compare to estimated retail price: RM191.00 MYR  

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ISBN: 9780691151649
Authors: Ron Graham, Persi Diaconis
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date of Publication: 2011-10-23
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Science, History
Related Topics: Popular Science, Psychology, Education, Mathematics
Goodreads rating: 3.88
(rated by 145 readers)

Description

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.
 

Where card tricks meet beautiful mathematical wonder

This is a great read if you love books that make clever ideas feel playful instead of intimidating. It doesn’t just explain tricks, it lets you see the hidden mathematical patterns that make them work, which gives the whole book a real sense of delight. Readers who enjoy smart, surprising nonfiction will probably find it both entertaining and genuinely mind-expanding.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.