Resources
Resources
This page of resources could be called "references" but
I think it's more like eclectric influences.
These are grouped into print materials
and links. Each one is briefly described.
Print Resources
- Barry, S. (1978). Giant book of puzzles & games.
New York: Sterling Publishing. A 640 page book of
puzzles, games, tricks and contests
that encompasses that seems to cover it all.
- Batchelor, C. (1984). The CHP of fun, magic, & jokes.
Niagara Falls: Hayes Publishing. Children's book
that goes beyond magic and includes great kid's
humor and interesting facts.
- Benjamin, A. & Shermer, M. (1983). Mathmagics.
Los Angeles: Lowell House. Well written book on all
sorts of ways to speed up your calculations and
includes "casting nines" and the art of "guesstimation".
- Cutler, A. & McShane, R. (1960). The Trachtenberg speed
system of basic mathematics. New York: Doubleday.
A system of rapid calculation that allows you to do
all calculations and checking without needing to
add beyond eighteen.
- Day, J. (1994). Magic. East Sussex: Wayland Publishers.
Good children's book of classic magic and how to
deliver a children's show.
- Gardner, M. (1996). The Universe in a Handkerchief:
Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations, Games,
Puzzles and Word Plays. Copernicus: New York.
Gardner, a writer on recreational mathematics, writes
about Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), "a shy
stammering teacher of mathematics, who was regarded
as little more than a scribbler of outlandish nonsense
tales for children, an author too unimportant to for
scholars to taker seriously" p.x). Some of these are
very difficult but well described.
- Hay, H. (1982). The amateur magician's handbook. New York:
New American Library. A 400 page collection of all
sorts of tricks including mental, platform and children's
magic. Each section has a number of good math
related tricks.
- Hope, J. & Small, M. (1994). Interactions 5. Toronto:
Ginn Publishing. Used as a math textbook, it has a v
ariety of activities that are very engaging to
young and old. Lends itself well to going from math
magic into problem solving.
- Kaye, P. (1987). Games for math: Playful ways to help your
child learn math. New York: Pantheon. Many games to
help children mathematically and includes one of the
best explanations of the "1089" and "largest minus
smallest" math tricks.
- Lansk, D. (1998). The world's best simple bar tricks:
Idiot-proof tricks that will amaze your friends. New York:
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing. A bunch of physical
tricks that will amaze your friends including locking
someone to a table using two full glasses of liquor.
- Radomsky, P. (1999). That's probably impossible!!: I think,
definitely maybe. Calgary, AB: self-published. Local
magician/teacher who use magic to assist in his math
classroom.
- Rice, C. (1968). Challenge: Fun with games, puzzles,
riddles, word games and problems. Kansas City:
Hallmark Editions. A small (61-page) collection of
great challenges that cover each area described in
the title.
- Scarne, J. (1977). Scarne's magic tricks, New York:
New American Library. A reprint of Scarne's 1951 classic
covering 201 tricks of which at least half are
directly related to math.
Links
Page owners of most of these pages have been contacted
regarding linking to their pages and also thanking them in
advance for the excellent ideas that learners will encounter
following these links to their pages.
- The Math Forum
A site that includes teacher materials,
a student help area, some math magic
and, of course, a number of links.
- Interactive Mathmatics Miscellany & Puzzles
A collection of 44 math puzzles that work well.
- Math Magic Cards, calculations and
geometry magic are all presented at this site.
- Mr. Weibe's Math Page
Site developed by a teacher for his students, mathmagic
section does not open but has some interesting basic math.
-
Uncle Cliff's Matn Tricks The site is under
development and will have many more tricks in the future.
For noe, it has a section on fast multiplication.
-
Fantastic Optical Illusions The title says it all, a
great set of illusions and includes some interactive
ones.
-
Just for Fun Part of the Young Heros Pages and includes
some new (at least to me) math tricks and "brain twisters".
- Sandlot
Science This site is a combination of just about
everything that might fit in math magic, illusions,
and topography. Many items use applets to make the illusion
"more" illusive.
Mastering Math Magically
Roger Moore
rmoore@telusplanet.net
last modified: Jan 02, 2000
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