In this volume, world-leading puzzle designers, puzzle collectors, mathematicians, and magicians continue the tradition of honoring Martin Gardner, who inspired them to enter mathematics, to enter magic, to bring magic into their mathematics, or to bring mathematics into their magic.
The tradition of honoring Martin Gardner continues with this edited collection of articles by those who have been inspired by Gardner to enter mathematics, to enter magic, to bring magic into their mathematics, or to bring mathematics into their magic.
The book highlights some of the astonishing features of numbers, such as how to make a magic box, guessing the number in a friend’s mind, telling the year printed on a coin etc.
An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the world's greatest and most successful magician, capturing its audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form's most famous artifacts housed at David Copperfield's secret museum.
Part fascinating history and part practical manual, this engaging guide takes the position that the Ouija Board is indeed as powerful as its detractors claim, revealing the dark secrets and hidden truths of this curious, enduring ';game.
Mit seiner Auswahl der besten und beliebtesten Zaubertricks, wie sie auch von professionellen Magiern vorgeführt werden, und zahlreichen zusätzlichen Tipps vermittelt dieses Buch die Grundlagen der Zauberkunst.
Even before Bram Stoker immortalized Transylvania as the homeland of his fictional Count Dracula, the figure of the vampire was inextricably tied to Eastern Europe in the popular imagination.
Even before Bram Stoker immortalized Transylvania as the homeland of his fictional Count Dracula, the figure of the vampire was inextricably tied to Eastern Europe in the popular imagination.
If youre interested in magic because on your 9th birthday your Mummy and Daddy booked the ruddy-faced Uncle Fiddlesticks who pulled a bunny out of a hat and made sweets appear from his pockets which he forced you to verify empty and you want to know how it was done, this isnt the book for you.
La presente obra satisface la curiosidad que todos tenemos, en mayor o menor medida, por saber cómo se pueden realizar esos trucos inexplicables que en ocasiones hemos presenciado.
* Resulta bonito asombrar a adultos y niños con un juego de manos que no requiere habilidades especiales, pero que tiene un gran efecto mágico y espectacular.
* Las técnicas más variadas son presentadas en este libro para que puedan utilizarlas todos los aficionados, según sus conocimientos previos: Sistemas de control, forzales, falsas mezclas, cartas dobles, etc.
Within this complete book the reader will find the best techniques addressed both to beginners that want to start learning and to experts that wish to improve their skills.
El mundo de la magia comprende diferentes facetas, incluye el juego con las cartas, los trucos realizados con pañuelos, con billetes de banco, con papel de periódico, con sillas, etcétera, un sinfín de utensilios que se utilizan cada día y que no por ello dejan de ser menos misteriosos.
In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.
With his characteristic talent for finding the connections between writing and the stuff of our lives (most notably in his earlier hit Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer), Peter Turchi ventures into new, and even more surprising, territory.
Penn Jillettes New York Times bestselling account of his extremely funny and somewhat profane journey to discovering a healthy lifestylethat will motivate others to seek weight-loss solutions (The Washington Post).