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Mathematics, Magic, and Mystery
Mathematics Magic and Mystery
Author: Martin Gardner
Why do card tricks work? How can magicians do astonishing feats of mathematics mentally? Why do stage "mind-reading" tricks work? This is the first book length study of this fascinating branch of recreational mathematics. Written by one of the foremost experts on mathematical magic. Non-technical , detailed, and clear, this volume contains 115 s...  more »
ISBN: 432079
Publication Date: 1956
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Dover
Book Type: Paperback
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115 diversions, magical tricks arising from mathematical principles. Topological, geometric vanishing tricks, cards, dice. For anyone interested in numbers, mathematics, magic


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