Mathematical Magic by William Simon
You don't have to be a mathematician or magician to perform the tricks in this fascinating treasury of numerical entertainments. Based on such mathematical ideas and principles as magic squares, the Fibonacci Series, Moebius strips, cycloids, topology, and more, these ingenious brain teasers are amazingly simple to work and require only simple props: playing cards, matches, coins, calendars, and other common items.Mathematics authority and amateur magician William Simon shows how to master such dazzling deceptions as The Birthday Paradox; Costello's Tic, Tac, Toe; Dinner Ware; The Four Queens; Finding a Number; The College Bet; and other tricks. Performers need only remember the proper sequence of steps described in the text to discover not only an enjoyable way to mystify friends and relatives, but a new avenue for understanding and using many mathematical procedures.
Stimulating and well written, this modestly priced volume will appeal to amateur magicians and lovers of math puzzles, as well as teachers looking for entertaining and educational material to stimulate their students.
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The Moscow Puzzles
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Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles
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My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles
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What is the Name of This Book?
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Tangrams
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Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd
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Lewis Carroll's Games and Puzzles
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Symbolic Logic and the Game of Logic
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Alice in Puzzle-Land
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Recreations in the Theory of Numbers
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Riddles in Mathematics
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Rediscovered Lewis Carroll Puzzles
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Book of Curious and Interesting Puzzles
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Mathematics, Magic and Mystery
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Mathemagic
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The Lady or the Tiger?
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Amusements in Mathematics
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Puzzles in Mathematics and Logic
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Mathematics and Chess
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Kakuro for Beginners
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Mathematical Recreations and Essays
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Mathematical Fun, Games and Puzzles
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The Complete Book of Holograms: How
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More Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd
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Mathematical Quickies
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The Pyrgic Puzzler
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Mathographics
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Test Your Logic
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The Mathematical Recreations of Lewis Carroll
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Loopy Logic Problems and Other Puzzles
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101 Puzzles in Thought and Logic
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Satan, Cantor & Infinity
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Leonardo's Mirror and Other Puzzles
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Brain Busters! Mind-Stretching Puzzles in Math and Logic
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Mathematical Recreations
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The Book on Games of Chance: The 16th Century Treatise on Probability
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Mathematical Brain Benders
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Mathematical Bafflers
Simon, William: -
William Simon (1930-2000) was professor of sociology at the University of Houston. He also taught at Indiana University and from 1968 to 1975 was program supervisor at the Institute for Juvenile Research in Chicago. A pioneer in the development of the social constructionist approach to sexuality, Simon was a recipient of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality's Award for Distinguished Scientific Achievement.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780486275932 |
| ISBN 10 | 0486275930 |
| Title | Mathematical Magic |
| Author | William Simon |
| Series | Dover Recreational Math |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Year published | 2012-02-29 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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