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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 o...

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Magical Mathematics : The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks / Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham.
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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
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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.
Issued also in print.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
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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
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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
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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
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