For those who enjoy amazing others with magic tricks and want to understand the math behind them.
What is the right choice between cash or a dud? Who can navigate the only possible path through the card labyrinth? How can you amaze guests at round birthdays and anniversaries? Here comes the sequel to Ehrhard Behrends' successful book Der mathematische Zauberstab. If you want to perform something functional at your next gathering with friends or family, you will definitely find it in this colorfully illustrated book.
Ehrhard Behrends not only explains how these easy-to-learn magic tricks with numbers and cards can be cleverly prepared and presented effectively but also the mathematics that makes them possible. You can perform everything without worrying about this background. However, for those who want to know – and that is what makes it appealing for math enthusiasts – you can learn a lot without any special prerequisites: for example, about probabilities, geometry, logic, or prime numbers.
"For Behrends, mathematics is a science for the senses that, in the best case, triggers feelings of happiness." Die Welt
