Figures of Fun
In MATHEMATICAL MAGIC (Allen and Unwin, 187 pp.) William Simon has gathered together a host of number puzzles and related tricks with cards or with string and paper. The approach demands an ability to add up, which anyone who has worked in a clerical job is likely to have. Given this, the book serves very well as a manual for indoor conjuring or party tricks. Readers who remember the “mathematical prodigies” who used to appear in circus sideshows or on the music balls before the days of television and amazed audiences with apparent feats of memory or calculation may get some insight into how it can be done by following Mr Simon when he exploits unfamiliar properties of the decimal notation we use every day. The examples of, how to make magic squares' will fascinate any high school student with a scientific interest. The book is suitable for school libraries.
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Press, Issue 31095, 25 June 1966, Page 4
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153Figures of Fun Press, Issue 31095, 25 June 1966, Page 4
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