Mathematical Card Magic

Fifty-Two New Effects

Colm Mulcahy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

380 Seiten

2013
A K Peters (Verlag)
978-1-4665-0976-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Colm Mulcahy is a professor of mathematics at Spelman College. Over the last decade, he has been at the forefront of publishing new "mathemagical" principles and effects for cards, particularly in his long-running bi-monthly Card Colm for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). He also blogs at the Aperiodical and the Huffington Post. Dr. Mulcahy has been a recipient of the MAA’s Allendoerfer Award for excellence in expository writing. His interests are broad, ranging from algebra and number theory to geometry. He earned a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mathematical science from University College Dublin and a PhD from Cornell University for research in the algebraic theory of quadratic forms.

Low-Down Triple Dealing. For Richer or Poorer. Poker Powers. More Additional Certainties. Off-Centered COATs. Gilbreath Variations. Word Row. Bligreath and Beyond. Flipping Miracles. Red, Black, Silver, and Gold. Slippery Slopes. Hamming It Down. The Hidden Value of Cards. Coda. Acknowledgements. Bibliography. Index.

Reihe/Serie	AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
Zusatzinfo	15 Tables, black and white; 128 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Natick
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1160 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
ISBN-10	1-4665-0976-7 / 1466509767
ISBN-13	978-1-4665-0976-4 / 9781466509764
Zustand	Neuware