Mental magic : surefire tricks to amaze your friends

Mental magic Surefire tricks to amaze your friends

Martin Gardner, 1914-2010

Book - 1999

A collection of math tricks using the magic of numbers in which the marvelous Professor Picanumba can seemingly predict random events in dozens of numerical exercises. Includes answers at the end.

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Subjects
Mathematical recreations > Juvenile literature.
Tricks > Juvenile literature.
Published
New York : Sterling Pub. Co 1999.
Language
English
Main Author
Martin Gardner, 1914-2010 (-)
Other Authors
Jeff Sinclair (illustrator)
Physical Description
95 pages : illustrations
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780806920498
  • The Tests
  • Wonderland Spell
  • A Mysterious Matrix
  • Cards that Shake Dice
  • Try This on a Dollar Bill
  • The Magic of 8
  • Around the Square
  • Nation, Animals, Fruit
  • The Red and the Black
  • The Exact Word
  • A Two-Dice Test
  • A Curious Count
  • A Rotating Matrix
  • Catch the Bill
  • Five in a Row
  • Reverse, Subtract, Add
  • A Geometry Test
  • Monkey Business
  • Face-Up Cards
  • What's on the Paper?
  • Count the Clips
  • Number, Flower, Color
  • In Praise of Red
  • Three Heaps
  • Fold and Trim
  • Number Names
  • A Test with Two Dice
  • Think-a-Letter
  • Turn Two and Cut
  • The Rotated Die
  • An ABCABC Number
  • A Domino Chain
  • The GRY Test
  • Whisk the Dime
  • Beast, City, Vegetable
  • A Test with Your Age
  • A Surprising Sum
  • Around the Solar System
  • Think-a-Digit
  • A Remarkable Number
  • Heads or Tails?
  • Drop the Coin
  • At the Apex
  • A Calculator Test
  • A Peculiar Series
  • Rotating Spoon
  • Another Calculator Test
  • Four Queens
  • A Four-Dice Test
  • A Test with 66
  • 246,913,578
  • Funny Fractions
  • Topsy Turvy Fun
  • A Trick with Three Dice
  • Four Kings
  • Pairing Cards
  • Where's the Dime?
  • What's the Word?
  • Three Surprises
  • Another Calculator Surprise
  • A Surprising Fraction
  • Where's the Ace?
  • A Letter in Washington
  • Four File Cards
  • The Missing 8
  • An 8-Card Test
  • An Unexpected Number
  • Five Coins
  • The Stubborn Rubber Band
  • The Rotating Tubes
  • A Three-Dice Stack
  • One, Two, Three
  • Test of Finger Strength
  • A 3 by 4 Test
  • The Curious Q
  • The Four Knights
  • Around the Circle
  • Deal and Switch
  • Insect, Animal, Bird
  • The Six Glasses
  • End of a Chain
  • A Yardstick Prediction
  • In Praise of Blue
  • Odd or Even?
  • Row of Nine
  • Nine-Card Spell
  • Lincoln Up or Down?
  • A Royal Finish
  • Twinkle, Twinkle
  • The Professor Predicts
  • Epilogue
  • About the Author
  • Index

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