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Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind
Fooling Houdini Magicians Mentalists Math Geeks and the Hidden Powers of the Mind Author:Alex Stone 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 brillian... more »t 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.« less