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The magic cafe forums encyclopedia of impromptu magic. Schmidt collects a great deal of martin s contributions to quoting from max mavens introduction intraprofessional magic journals, going all the way back to that. Martin gardners magic spells mathematical association of. The first scientific american book of puzzles and games. All gardner s works were nonfiction except for two novels the flight of peter fromm 1973 and visitors from oz 1998 and two collections of short pieces the magic numbers of dr. Products books martin gardner presents by martin gardner. Tricks and puzzles dover magic books kindle edition by gardner, martin.
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Martin gardners sixth book of mathematical games from scientific american 1971, w. In the introduction to this book, gardner himself admits that the book is a collection of ideas and notes loosely organized by the. While he was never a professional performing magician, conjuring was an interest from an early age. See all books authored by martin gardner, including the portable atheist. No connection puzzle from martin gardner book logical and surprisingly challenge puzzle. French translation split into two parts, with some extra material. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Martin s first dover books were published in 1956 and 1957.
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He also devoted a number of books geared to fuel the fascination of young puzzle enthusiasts. The encyclopedia of impromptu magic by martin gardner. This is just what you get, an encyclopedia alphabetically ordered by the object used. The former has been repaired with librarian tape on the binding the edges had cracked so is more for use than a collectible museum piece.
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