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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Diaconis, Persi,; Graham, Ron,
• TeilnehmendeR: Gardner, Martin.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 133 color illus. 14 halftones. 56 line illus. 10 tables.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Foreword --; Preface --; Chapter 1. Mathematics in the Air --; Chapter 2. In cycles --; Chapter 3. Is This Stuff Actually Good for Anything? --; Chapter 4. Universal Cycles --; Chapter 5. From the Gilbreath Principle to the Mandelbrot Set --; Chapter 6. Neat Shuffles --; Chapter 7. The Oldest Mathematical Entertainment? --; Chapter 8. Magic in the Book of Changes --; Chapter 9. What Goes Up Must Come Down --; Chapter 10. Stars of Mathematical Magic (And some of the best tricks in the book) --; Chapter 11. Going Further --; Chapter 12. On Secrets --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400839384; 9783110442502
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400839384
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham.

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.