Mathematics in Magic - "Dissecting Methods" Tricks, tutorials, and essays by Steven Goodwin
Over the past 10 years, mathematics and technology are two areas that magicians have shown themselves more willing to embrace. With that in mind, I figured that if people are less apprehensive about the mathematics involved in some magic tricks, it would be a good time to expand and formally relaunch these notes that explain effects that use mathematics and — more importantly — how and why mathematics works.


By understanding the mechanics behind these effects, you can easily adapt and expand the trick in new and interesting ways that would otherwise be impossible. You can also prove that the trick will work in all cases through simple mathematics and reasoning, without having to test all possibilities to identify the cases where it doesn't work.


Pages: 52
Effects: 11
Essays: 5
Praise for "Dissecting Methods"
"Mathematics in Magic is an excellent book, full of clever applications of mathematical principles that have been skillfully disguised and transformed into 'magical gems'. You will love Steven Goodwin's interpretation of Gilbreath's Principle, the effects of choosing a number, the force matrix, and the magic square, to name just a few. Mathematics can be a wonderful, clever, and ingenious vehicle for magic, as this book proves!"
- Chris Wardle, author of 'Quirky Forces' and 'Self-Working Wonders'.


"As someone who doesn't normally practice mathematical magic, the highest praise I can give is that I understood." - Amazing Stace