Secrets of mental math : the mathemagician's guide to lightning calculation and amazing math tricks / Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer
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TextPublication details: New York Three Rivers Press 2006Edition: 1. edDescription: xxiv, 278 s. ill. 21 cmISBN: - 0-307-33840-1 (alk. paper)
- 978-0-307-33840-2 (alk. paper)
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"Originally published in different form as Mathemagics by Lowell House, Los Angeles, in 1993"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-272) and index
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