Mental Magic: Surefire Tricks to Amaze Your Friends (Dover Children's Activity Books)

A barber in Chicago states he 'd rather cut the hair of ten red-headed men than the hair of one brown-haired guy. Could you suppose why?Ask Teacher Picanumba, a master of riddles who lugs dozens of guaranteed tricks up his sleeve. He'll reveal you how to amaze your family and friends by forecasting the solution to 88 word and number challenges. These methods require just straightforward props-- a deck of cards or a couple of pairs of cubes, a calculator, and a pencil and paper. With or without an audience, these sure-fire tasks of mental magic offer hours of amusement. Solutions appear at the end, with 64 images in between.Author Martin Gardner has actually composed greater than 70 publications on subjects from science and mathematics to poetry and religious beliefs. Populared for the mathematical games that appeared in Scientific American for years and for his"Technique of the Month "column in Physics Instructor magazine, Gardner has actually had a long-lasting interest for magic methods and puzzles.