Q&A: The mathemagician

Jascha Hoffman

Nature, 2011, vol. 478, issue 7370, 457-457

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.

Date: 2011
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