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Author | Title | Accn# | Year | Item Type | Claims |
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Martin Gardner |
Mathematics magic and mystery |
026046 |
1956 |
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Terry, Cash |
175 more science experiments to amuse and amaze your friends |
E01222 |
1990 |
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Vigyan Prasar |
Seeing is not always believing.... |
E00191 |
1993 |
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| Title | Mathematics magic and mystery |
| Author(s) | Martin Gardner |
| Publication | New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1956. |
| Description | xii, 176p. |
| Abstract Note | Why do card tricks work? How can magicians do astonishing feats of mathematics mentally? Why do stage "mind-reading" tricks work? As a rule, we simply accept these tricks and "magic" without recognizing that they are really demonstrations of strict laws based on probability, sets, number theory, topology, and other branches of mathematics.
This is the first book-length study of this fascinating branch of recreational mathematics. Written by one of the foremost experts on mathematical magic, it employs considerable historical data to summarize all previous work in this field. It is also a creative examination of laws and their exemplification, with scores of new tricks, insights, and demonstrations. Dozens of topological tricks are explained, and dozens of manipulation tricks are aligned with mathematical law. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780486203355 : US $9.95(PB) |
| Classification | 51-8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. MAGIC TRICKS
2. PUZZLES
3. RECREATIONAL MATHEMATICS
4. TRICKS
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