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The Magic Square - Tricking Your Way to Mental Superpowers
It's quick, it's easy, and it will confuse people for reasons that will be frustrating and alien.
This is an example of how your brain can appear to work like a computer.
Perform this genius seemingly-mathematical feat on any napkin, any receipt, or even on your friend's arm.
You can learn the famous Magic Square, and you can learn it in under 10 minutes.
You will have a magician's Grand Finale, in your hands at any moment. This gets audible gasps, and you can wow people with this for the rest of your life...
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Your friend will name a random number. You then speedily write 16 different numbers into a 4x4 grid. With a smug flourish, you then reveal that all combinations and directions within the grid add up to their chosen number. It is simply mind-blowing.
Effortlessly perform a trick that it seems only a computer could perform, and learn how in 10 minutes from right now.
This is an example of how your brain can appear to work like a computer.
Perform this genius seemingly-mathematical feat on any napkin, any receipt, or even on your friend's arm.
You can learn the famous Magic Square, and you can learn it in under 10 minutes.
You will have a magician's Grand Finale, in your hands at any moment. This gets audible gasps, and you can wow people with this for the rest of your life...
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THE
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Your friend will name a random number. You then speedily write 16 different numbers into a 4x4 grid. With a smug flourish, you then reveal that all combinations and directions within the grid add up to their chosen number. It is simply mind-blowing.
Effortlessly perform a trick that it seems only a computer could perform, and learn how in 10 minutes from right now.
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20 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 20, 2012
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May 9, 2018
How To
I was thinking this would explain magic squares and give a bit of history too. Instead I got a how to guide to making magic squares. This is great for those who want to do something fun with math.
I was thinking this would explain magic squares and give a bit of history too. Instead I got a how to guide to making magic squares. This is great for those who want to do something fun with math.
January 20, 2019
Learned something
Funny way to teach and remember.
Looking forward to his other books which will help , no doubt.
Thank you Lewis S.
Funny way to teach and remember.
Looking forward to his other books which will help , no doubt.
Thank you Lewis S.
March 6, 2021
75% too many words
January 26, 2025
Great fun book
This book was a fun way to learn a Magic Square trick. And it was well written & easy to understand. :)
This book was a fun way to learn a Magic Square trick. And it was well written & easy to understand. :)
January 23, 2015
This gets a five for originality! Seriously... it's fun and short so it's not like you're wasting a lot of time. I really enjoyed the author's humor and his take on life. So much so that I took his recommendation for other books as well. Really want to read more from him and those he enjoys reading. :D
January 28, 2015
Meh... It's more a book about a magic trick than about being tricky smart. A neat trick mind you, but still just a one shot trick with no real mathematical insight.
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