Magical mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : the mathematical ideas that animate great magic tricks / / Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham ; with a foreword by Martin Gardner |
Autore | Diaconis Persi |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 793.8/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GrahamRon <1950-> |
Soggetto topico | Card tricks - Mathematics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-25604-5
9786613256041 1-4008-3938-6 |
Classificazione | SN 300 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457051003321 |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Autore | Diaconis Persi |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 793.8/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GrahamRon <1950-> |
Soggetto topico | Card tricks - Mathematics |
ISBN |
1-283-25604-5
9786613256041 1-4008-3938-6 |
Classificazione | SN 300 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781654003321 |
Diaconis Persi
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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