Persi Diaconis

Magical Mathematics (eBook, ePUB)

The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781400839384
• Artikelnr.: 56932179

Autorenporträt

Persi Diaconis & Ron Graham With a foreword by Martin Gardner