Mathematical Card Tricks - Colm Mulcahy

Mathematical Card Tricks
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Autor: Colm Mulcahy

 Wydawnictwo: Taylor Francis
ISBN: 9781466509764
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Oprawa: twarda
Stron: 380
Data wydania: 2013-04-01
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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. "Mathematical Card Magic is a great reference for aspiring magicians who are curious about the mathematics behind card tricks. I am not a magician, nor am I an aspiring magician, but I enjoyed this book nonetheless. What I liked best was taking a peek behind the scenes of the card trick setup. ... most tricks are a combination of careful dealing, careful shuffling, an astute memory, distracting the audience, and mathematics. I liked the way the book is organized. Every trick is scored on the sophistication of the underlying mathematics, how entertaining the trick is for the lay audience, how much setup is required, and how hard the trick is to perform. The author is clearly a seasoned pro. He is a skilled mathematician and an expert magician. He also has an easygoing way of explaining clever card tricks, combined with careful diagrams so that the reader can master every trick." -Kara Shane Colley, MAA Reviews, November 2013 "Printed on glossy paper with many colour illustrations, it is not only fun, but also a pleasure to read. The apprentice magician will have a lot to practice on but even the professional magician will find many things to think about while mastering this wonderful calculus of the card deck." -A. Bultheel, KU Leuven, The European Mathematical Society, November 2013 "Reading Colm Mulcahy's book on mathematical card tricks is a lot of fun. It's clever, instructive, and clear. Learn some tricks. Learn some math. Impress your friends." -John Allen Paulos, Mathematician and Author of Innumeracy, A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, and other books "Mathematical Card Magic is filled with many original ideas that will keep mathematicians and magicians busy for a very long time." -Arthur Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College, and author of Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks "Colm Mulcahy has produced a stimulating collection of novel card magic tricks that not only form a wonderful introduction to important ideas in combinatorics but also contain some very nifty magic effects as well. By reading this book, the reader will be well rewarded in both disciplines." -Ronald Graham, University of California, San Diego, and co-author of Magical Mathematics "Colm has invented many important and practical mathematical principles and tailor-made them for card magic. He's a skilled teacher and creator, and with his book in hand you'll be able to construct lots of new effects. A must for your magic library." -Lennart Green, 1991 World Champion in Card Magic, Sweden "This is an amazing volume! Prof. Mulcahy has left one mystery for his readers to solve: Is it a really good math book, using card tricks to explain the math, or is it a really good magic book, using math to explain the magic? Either way, there's not a wrong answer to this question." -S. Brent Morris, PhD, author of Magic Tricks, Card Shuffling, and Dynamic Computer Memories.

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