Q&A: The mathemagician
Abstract
Mathematician Persi Diaconis of Stanford University in California ran away from home in his teens to perform card tricks. As he publishes a book on the mathematics of magic, co-authored with juggler and fellow mathematician Ron Graham, he explains what makes a good trick.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1038/478457a
- Bibcode:
- 2011Natur.478..457H