Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of fun-to-perform card tricks―and the profound mathematical ideas behind them―that will astound even the most accomplished magician. Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham provide easy, step-by-step instructions for each trick, explaining how to set up the effect and offering tips on what to say and do while performing it. Each card trick introduces a new mathematical idea, and varying the tricks in turn takes readers to the very threshold of today's mathematical knowledge.
Diaconis and Graham tell the stories―and reveal the best tricks―of the eccentric and brilliant inventors of mathematical magic. The book exposes old gambling secrets through the mathematics of shuffling cards, explains the classic street-gambling scam of three-card Monte, traces the history of mathematical magic back to the oldest mathematical trick―and much more.

Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks

Humor & Entertainment

Persi Diaconis

Ron Graham

Puzzles & Games

Princeton University Press

In every sufficiently large structure which has been partitioned there will always be some well-behaved structure in one of the parts. This takes many forms. For example, colorings of the integers by finitely many colors must have long monochromatic arithmetic progressions (van der Waerden's theorem); and colorings of the edges of large graphs must have monochromatic subgraphs of a specified type (Ramsey's theorem). This book explores many of the basic results and variations of this theory. Since the first edition of this book there have been many advances in this field. In the second edition the authors update the exposition to reflect the current state of the art. They also include many pointers to modern results. A co-publication of the AMS and CBMS.

Rudiments of Ramsey Theory: Second Edition (CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics) (CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics, 123)

Science & Math

Steve Butler

Mathematics

American Mathematical Society

The French Quarter : The Epic Struggle of a Family - and a Nation - Divided

History

Americas

MacFarlane, Walter & Ross

8 3/4" x 11 1/4"; 523 p; inscribed to previous owner by Ron Graham and John a. Kopec; autographed by M.S. Huber; many, many color and b &amp; w photos

A Study of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver

John A. Kpec

C. Kenneth Moo

Military

Taylor Publishing Company

Seldom in the annals of publishing are co-authors afforded the opportunity to revise their contributions after thirty years. This is exactly what has occurred with this book which since 1976 has remained the world's leading reference on this subject. Although this is still the "same" book in many respects, much new, fresh material has been incorporated. The text has been up-graded in many areas and a completely new and expanded color section added. The refreshingly new graphics will surprise those of you who have depended on former editions as a primary source.

A Study of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver: Thirty Year Anniversary Edition

John A. Kopec

C. Kenneth Moore

John Kopec Publications

Digital Aerial Survey : Theory and Practice

Astronomy & Space Science

Gardners Books

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