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UNINA9910457051003321 |
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Diaconis Persi |
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Magical mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : the mathematical ideas that animate great magic tricks / / Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham ; with a foreword by Martin Gardner |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
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1-283-25604-5 |
9786613256041 |
1-4008-3938-6 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Card tricks - Mathematics |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Mathematics in the Air -- Chapter 2. In cycles -- Chapter 3. Is This Stuff Actually Good for Anything? -- Chapter 4. Universal Cycles -- Chapter 5. From the Gilbreath Principle to the Mandelbrot Set -- Chapter 6. Neat Shuffles -- Chapter 7. The Oldest Mathematical Entertainment? -- Chapter 8. Magic in the Book of Changes -- Chapter 9. What Goes Up Must Come Down -- Chapter 10. Stars of Mathematical Magic (And some of the best tricks in the book) -- Chapter 11. Going Further -- Chapter 12. On Secrets -- Notes -- Index |
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"Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of amazing, 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. For example, the Gilbreath principle--a fantastic effect where the cards remain in control despite being shuffled--is found to share an intimate connection with the |
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Mandelbrot set. Other card tricks link to the mathematical secrets of combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, topology, the Riemann hypothesis, and even Fermat's last theorem. Diaconis and Graham are mathematicians as well as skilled performers with decades of professional experience between them. In this book they share a wealth of conjuring lore, including some closely guarded secrets of legendary magicians. Magical Mathematics covers the mathematics of juggling and shows how the I Ching connects to the history of probability and magic tricks both old and new. It tells the stories--and reveals the best tricks--of the eccentric and brilliant inventors of mathematical magic. Magical Mathematics 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 thirteenth century and the oldest mathematical trick--and much more"-- |
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UNISA996568899303316 |
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Autore |
Bolay Ann-Christin |
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Dichter und Helden : Heroisierungsstrategien in der Biographik des George-Kreises / / Ann-Christin Bolay |
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Würzburg : , : Ergon Verlag, , 2017 |
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1 online resource (380 pages) |
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Klassische Moderne ; ; ; Band 32 |
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In the first decades of the 20th century, numerous biographies of selected rulers and intellectual greats were written around the poet Stefan George. Prominent examples are Goethe (1916) and Caesar. History of his Fame (1924) by Friedrich Gundolf, Nietzsche. Attempt at a Mythology (1918) by Ernst Bertram and Emperor Friedrich II (1927) by Ernst H. Kantorowicz. The historical 'perpetrators' and 'poets' are |
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staged as heroes and placed in a hero genealogy that leads to George. Based on five case studies, the present work discusses the narrative form of the circle biography for the first time and explains the hero concept of the George circle in its intertextual and intermedial structure. |
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UNISA996215919003316 |
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Country report Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles / / the Economist Intelligence Unit |
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London, : The Economist Intelligence Unit, ©1993-©2003 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Economic history |
Politics and government |
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Mauritius Economic conditions Periodicals |
Madagascar Economic conditions Periodicals |
Seychelles Economic conditions 1976- Periodicals |
Mauritius Politics and government 1992- Periodicals |
Madagascar Politics and government 1992-2010 Periodicals |
Seychelles Politics and government 1976- Periodicals |
Île Maurice Conditions économiques Périodiques |
Madagascar Conditions économiques Périodiques |
Seychelles Conditions économiques 1976- Périodiques |
Île Maurice Politique et gouvernement 1968- Périodiques |
Madagascar Politique et gouvernement 1960- Périodiques |
Seychelles Politique et gouvernement 1976- Périodiques |
Île Maurice Politique et gouvernement 1992- Périodiques |
Madagascar Politique et gouvernement 1992-2010 Périodiques |
Madagascar |
Mauritius |
Seychelles |
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