Mulcahy, Colm: Mathematical Card Magic ©2013 A.K. Peters, CRC Press Hardcover, 380 pages

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Comments: 128 illustrations. Includes over 52 self-working magic creations, requiring no sleight of hand skills or understanding of advanced mathematical details. Also available as an e-Book.

Contents (from book ToC):

xiii Colm - Cool and Collected (Max Maven)
xv Hit the Deck Running
xix Tips of the Trade
xxi The Ratings Game
xxiii Principles

1 Convention Center
2 Handling Matters
12 Cards matters
14 Mathematics Matters

25 Low-Down Triple Dealing
25 Three Scoop Miracle—Done Magic Before?
28 Any Card (and Any Magician)
37 Triple Revelation
41 Ace Combination

49 For Richer or Poorer
49 Alphabetical Triple Addition
54 Subtler Bracelet
56 From Alpha to Omega
62 Volunteer Four Hours

67 Poker Powers
72 Ditch the Dud
76 Worst-Case Scenario
79 Full House Blues
85 Poker with Any Ten Cards

89 More Additional Certainties
89 Little Fibs
93 Consolidating Your Cards
96 Matching Interest Rates
101 Any Two Cards (No Fibbing)

105 Off-Centered COATs
112 Celebrity Selection
116 Never Forget a Face
120 Oddly Enough
122 My Lucky Number Is Seven

127 Gilbreath Variations
135 Easy as Pi
144 Lucky Number between One and Thirteen
147 Unadditional Love
151 Tapped Out

155 Word Row
158 The Biggest Names in Magic
163 Twisting the Knight Away
166 Easy as Tau (I Prefer Pi)
172 Intrinsically Disordered

177 Bligreath and Beyond
183 Matchmaker Instincts
187 The Guessing Game
197 Flushed with Embarrassment
205 Wholesome Threesomes

209 Flipping Miracles
216 I’ll Be Lucking Out for You
218 Coprime Twins
220 Royal Flush at the Eleventh Hour
235 Any Mathemagician

241 Red, Black, Silver, and Gold
248 Double Location
250 Top Twenty Hit
254 What’s Black and Red and Red All Over?
259 Gold and Silver

263 Slippery Slopes
264 Ten Soldiers
271 Slippery Enough
274 Erdo"s Numbers
280 No Drama Queen

285 Hamming It Down
288 A Horse of a Different Color
291 Multiple Personality
298 Poker-Faced
302 And Now for Something Completely Different

305 The Hidden Value of Cards
306 Fitch Cheney’s Five-Card Twist
313 Eigen’s Value
316 Ups and Downs
324 Fitch Four Glory

327 Coda
335 Acknowledgements
337 Bibliography
345 Index