Magical Mathematics

Author : Persi Diaconis,Ron Graham
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780691169774

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Magical Mathematics by Persi Diaconis,Ron Graham Pdf

"Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of amazing, 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. For example, the Gilbreath principle--a fantastic effect where the cards remain in control despite being shuffled--is found to share an intimate connection with the Mandelbrot set. Other card tricks link to the mathematical secrets of combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, topology, the Riemann hypothesis, and even Fermat's last theorem. Diaconis and Graham are mathematicians as well as skilled performers with decades of professional experience between them. In this book they share a wealth of conjuring lore, including some closely guarded secrets of legendary magicians. Magical Mathematics covers the mathematics of juggling and shows how the I Ching connects to the history of probability and magic tricks both old and new. It tells the stories--and reveals the best tricks--of the eccentric and brilliant inventors of mathematical magic. Magical Mathematics 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 thirteenth century and the oldest mathematical trick--and much more"-

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486801179

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Mathematics, Magic and Mystery by Martin Gardner Pdf

Famed puzzle expert explains math behind a multitude of mystifying tricks: card tricks, stage "mind reading," coin and match tricks, counting out games, geometric dissections, etc. More than 400 tricks. 135 illustrations.

Author : Arthur Benjamin
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780465061624

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The Magic of Math by Arthur Benjamin Pdf

The world's greatest mental mathematical magician takes us on a spellbinding journey through the wonders of numbers (and more) "Arthur Benjamin . . . joyfully shows you how to make nature's numbers dance." -- Bill Nye (the science guy) The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examples-from ice-cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares-this book revels in key mathematical fields including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus, plus Fibonacci numbers, infinity, and, of course, mathematical magic tricks. Known throughout the world as the "mathemagician," Arthur Benjamin mixes mathematics and magic to make the subject fun, attractive, and easy to understand for math fan and math-phobic alike. "A positively joyful exploration of mathematics." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Each [trick] is more dazzling than the last." -- Physics World

Author : Chris Oxlade,Wesley Robins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1783704217

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Magical Maths by Chris Oxlade,Wesley Robins Pdf

Author : Bob Longe
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 080699990X

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The Magical Math Book by Bob Longe Pdf

Fool your friends; baffle your buddies; and perplex your parents with dozens of amazing tricks. Each of these fascinating feats appears to be the work of magical forces, but their true secret lies in mathematical manipulations. Correctly guess the age of any volunteer. Startle a stranger with knowledge about his or her life. Read minds, make accurate predictions, perform lightning-quick calculations, and demonstrate seemingly mystical powers of memory. Perform extraordinary effects with cards, dice, pencil and paper (and occasionally a calculator). In all of these tricks, the mathematical principle is well-concealed, and in many of them the use of numbers isn't even suspected. For each trick, an explanation of why it works is included in order to help you better understand the principle behind it, as well as to enable you to make your own variations on the trick or to develop other tricks on your own. Suggestions are given for what to say when introducing a trick so as to heighten suspense, increase sur prise, and keep your audience as confounded as possible. No sleight of hand is used, but with your brain power as your "magic wand," you'll have fun entertaining, amazing, and confusing people for hours. 96 pages, 51 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4. NEW IN PAPERBACK

Author : Colm Mulcahy
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-04
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781466509764

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Mathematical Card Magic by Colm Mulcahy Pdf

Mathematical card effects offer both beginning and experienced magicians an opportunity to entertain with a minimum of props. Featuring mostly original creations, Mathematical Card Magic: Fifty-Two New Effects presents an entertaining look at new mathematically based card tricks. Each chapter contains four card effects, generally starting with simple applications of a particular mathematical principle and ending with more complex ones. Practice a handful of the introductory effects and, in no time, you’ll establish your reputation as a "mathemagician." Delve a little deeper into each chapter and the mathematics gets more interesting. The author explains the mathematics as needed in an easy-to-follow way. He also provides additional details, background, and suggestions for further explorations. Suitable for recreational math buffs and amateur card lovers or as a text in a first-year seminar, this color book offers a diverse collection of new mathemagic principles and effects.

Author : James T. Glover
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 8120813189

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Vedic Mathematics for Schools by James T. Glover Pdf

Vedic Mathematics for School offers a fresh and easy approach to learning mathematics. The system was reconstructed from ancient Vedic sources by the late Bharati Krsna Tirthaji earlier this century and is based on a small collection of sutras. Each sutra briefly encapsulates a rule of mental working, a principle or guiding maxim. Through simple practice of these methods all may become adept and efficient at mathematics. Book I of the series is intended for primary schools in which many of the fundamental concepts of mathematics are introduced. It has been written from the classroom experience of teaching Vedic mathematics to eight and nine years-old. At this age a few of the Vedic methods are used, the rest being introduced at a later stage.

Author : Tyra. M.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 807 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8190458922

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Quicker Maths by Tyra. M. Pdf

Author : Peter Lynch
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780717169566

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That's Maths by Peter Lynch Pdf

From atom bombs to rebounding slinkies, open your eyes to the mathematical magic in the everyday. Mathematics isn't just for academics and scientists, a fact meteorologist and blogger Peter Lynch has spent the past several years proving through his Irish Times newspaper column and blog, That's Maths.Here, he shows how maths is all around us, with chapters on the beautiful equations behind designing a good concert venue, predicting the stock market and modelling the atom bomb, as well as playful meditations on everything from coin-stacking to cartography. If you left school thinking maths was boring, think again!

Author : Eddie Woo
Publisher : Pan
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1760981974

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Eddie Woo's Magical Maths 2 by Eddie Woo Pdf

Maths is all around us. It's in the leaves on the trees and our DNA. It's in the patterns on our footpaths and the shape of the stars. Draw, doodle, colour in, code, decode, make a snowflake, count the stars, meet an octagon, map out a mystery, discover why a cyclone and a nautilus are alike... be a-mazed by maths.

Author : Calvin C. Clawson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781489960801

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Mathematical Mysteries by Calvin C. Clawson Pdf

A meditation on the beauty and meaning of numbers, exploring mathematical equations, describing some of the mathematical discoveries of the past millennia, and pondering philosophical questions about the relation of numbers to the universe.

Author : Mark Biddiss
Publisher : MSPublishing House LLC
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781873101902

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Dr. Mark's Magical Math by Mark Biddiss Pdf

Uses brain teasers and engaging activities to help teach young readers intermediate mathematics skills.

Author : William Simon
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0486275930

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Mathematical Magic by William Simon Pdf

Stimulating treasury of entertaining tricks, stunts, and magical effects based on such mathematical principles and ideas as magic squares, the Fibonacci Series, Moebius strips, cycloids, topology, and more. Only simple props required: from playing cards and matches to coins. No magic or mathematical skills needed.

Author : Lynda Colgan
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781554534258

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Mathemagic! by Lynda Colgan Pdf

Number tricks for children which includes Digital wizardry, mind games calculator magic and more!

Author : Lynn Huggins-Cooper
Publisher : Letts and Lonsdale
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1843151235

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Magical Maths by Lynn Huggins-Cooper Pdf

This is a home study series designed to teach children core skills that will build confidence at school. Each book supports the literacy or numeracy framework for the relevant school year. The English titles cover a wide range of topics ranging from comprehension to story writing, and the maths titles cover topics ranging from algebra to fractions. The books magical wizard theme should entertain as well as educate. Motivation is encouraged by giving gold stars, which can be added to a certificate of excellence at the back of each book. Parental guidance on how to make the best use of the book is included.