Mathemagician

A mathemagician is a mathematician who is also a magician.

The name "mathemagician" was probably first applied to Martin Gardner, but has since been used to describe many mathematician/magicians, including Arthur T. Benjamin,[1] Persi Diaconis,[2] and Colm Mulcahy.[3] Diaconis has suggested that the reason so many mathematicians are magicians is that "inventing a magic trick and inventing a theorem are very similar activities."[4]

A great number of self-working mentalism tricks rely on mathematical principles. Max Maven often utilizes this type of magic in his performance.

Notable mathemagicians

References

  1. ↑ Albers, Donald J. "Art Benjamin - Mathemagician." Math Horizons, November 1998, 14-18.
  2. ↑ Professor of Magic Mathematics by Don Albers and Persi Diaconis, Math Horizons Vo. 2, No 3 (February 1995), pp. 11-15
  3. ↑ Mathematics Awareness Month 2014: Mathematics, Magic, and Mystery Committee Members
  4. ↑ Diaconis, Persi. Quoted in: Albers, Donald J. "Professor of Magic Mathematics." Math Horizons, February 1995, 11-15.
  5. ↑ "MatheMagician". mathemagician.tudelft.nl. Retrieved 2018-06-19.

Further reading

  • Diaconis, Persi & Graham, Ron. Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks Princeton University Press, 2012. ISBN 0691169772
  • Fulves, Karl. Self-working Number Magic, New York London : Dover Constable, 1983. ISBN 0486243915
  • Gardner, Martin. Mathematics, Magic and Mystery, Dover, 1956 ISBN 0-486-20335-2
  • Ron Graham, Ron. Juggling Mathematics and Magic University of California, San Diego
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