Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind – An Investigation into the Science and Psychology of Deception - Softcover

Stone, Alex

 
9780061766220: Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind – An Investigation into the Science and Psychology of Deception
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0061766224 ISBN 13: 9780061766220
Verlag: Harper Paperbacks, 2013

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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 brilliant 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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alex Stone has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Discover, Harper's, and The New Republic. He lives in New York City.

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When Alex Stone was five years old, his father bought him a magic kit. Years later, in New York City, he plunged headlong into a vibrant underground magic scene populated by a fascinating cast of characters: from his gruff mentor, who holds court in a rundown pizza shop, to one of the world's greatest card cheats, who also happens to be blind. As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture, Stone pulls back the curtain on a secretive community organized around a single need: to prove one's worth by deceiving others. In trying to understand how magic fools us, Stone uncovers a wealth of insights into human nature and the nature of perception. Through his investigation of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, history, mathematics, 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.

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Verlag
Harper Paperbacks
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0061766224
ISBN 13 
9780061766220
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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