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Dover Publications (1956), Edition: 1st, Paperback, 176 pages
Description
No skill at sleight of hand is needed to perform the more than 500 tricks described. Mathematics guarantees their success.
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LibraryThing member MrJack
I created Gardner's "Square Variation" (pp. 132-134) in wood and fooled many people with it. Four pieces of wood form a perfect 8x8 checkerboard square. Then the pieces are rearranged to make a 5x13 rectangle. When you do the math, there is an apparent gain in area of one square unit!
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1956
Physical description
176 p.; 7.99 inches
ISBN
0486203352 / 9780486203355
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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. Probability, sets, theory of numbers clearly explained. Also, more than 400 tricks, guaranteed to work, that you can do. 135 illustrations.