Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks & the Hidden Powers of the Mind
by Alex Stone
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- very good-library edition
- ISBN 10
- 0061766216
- ISBN 13
- 9780061766213
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About This Item
From the back rooms of New York City's age-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs, three-card monte games on Canal Street to glossy Las Vegas casinos, Fooling Houdini recounts Alex Stone's quest to join the ranks of master magicians.
As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture populated by brilliant eccentrics, Stone pulls back the curtain on a community shrouded in secrecy, fueled by obsession and brilliance, and organized around one overriding need: to prove one's worth by deceiving others.
But his journey is more than a tale of tricks, gigs, and geeks. By investing some of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, physics, history, and even crime, all through the lens of trickery and illusion, Fooling Houdini arrives at a host of startling revelations about how the mind works--and why, sometimes, it doesn't.
Synopsis
ALEX STONE has written for Harper's , Discover, Science and other magazines. He graduated from Harvard University and has a masters degree in physics from Columbia University. He grew up in Wisconsin, Texas, and Spain. He lives in New York City.
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- Deb's Book Paradise (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48-6
- Title
- Fooling Houdini
- Author
- Alex Stone
- Book Condition
- Used - very good-library edition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0061766216
- ISBN 13
- 9780061766213
- Publisher
- Harper; First Edition (June 19, 2012)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2012-06
- Keywords
- mentalism; magic; hobbies
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