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Full Record Check this checkbox to mark or unmark the current record AUTHOR Benjamin, Arthur. TITLE Secrets of mental math : the mathemagician's guide to lightning calculation and amazing math tricks / Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer. IMPRINT New York : Three Rivers Press, c2006. DESCRIPTION xxiv, 278 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. NOTE "Originally published in different form as Mathemagics by Lowell House, Los Angeles, in 1993"--T.p. verso. NOTE Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-272) and index. CONTENT NOTE Quick tricks : easy (and impressive) calculations -- A little give and take : mental addition and subtraction -- Products of a misspent youth : basic multiplication -- New and improved products : intermediate multiplication -- Divide and conquer : mental division -- Good enough : the art of "guesstimation" -- Math for the board : pencil-and- paper math -- A memorable chapter : memorizing numbers -- The tough stuff made easy : advanced multiplication -- Presto-digit-ation : the art of mathematical magic -- Epilogue by Michael Shermer : how math helps us think about weird things. SUBJECT Magic tricks in mathematics education. SUBJECT Mental arithmetic -- Study and teaching. SUBJECT Mental calculators. DISCIPLINE Mathematics. OTHER AUTHOR Benjamin, Arthur. Mathemagics. OTHER AUTHOR Shermer, Michael. OTHER TITLE Mathemagician's guide to lightning calculation and amazing math tricks. ISBN 9780307338402. Location Call Number Status ENG 510 BEN Available