The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why

The world's biggest psychological mathematical illusionist takes us on a spellbinding journey with the marvels of numbers (and extra)

"Arthur Benjamin ... joyfully reveals you the best ways to make nature's numbers dance."-- Costs Nye (the science man)


The Magic of Mathematics is the mathematics publication you want you had in school. Utilizing a fascinating variety of examples-from ice-cream scoops and online poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares-this publication delight in key mathematical fields consisting of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus, plus Fibonacci numbers, infinity, and, certainly, mathematical magic methods. Known throughout the world as the "mathemagician," Arthur Benjamin blends maths and magic to earn the subject enjoyable, appealing, and easy to understand for mathematics follower and math-phobic alike.

"A positively joyful exploration of maths."
-Publishers Weekly, starred testimonial

"Each [method] is extra amazing than the last."
-Physics Globe