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    Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind
    Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind
    Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind
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    Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind

    Written by Alex Stone

    Narrated by Alex Stone

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    From the back rooms of New York City’s age-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs, three-card monte games on Canal Street to glossy Las Vegas casinos, Fooling Houdini recounts Alex Stone’s quest to join the ranks of master magicians. As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture populated by brilliant eccentrics, Stone pulls back the curtain on a community shrouded in secrecy, fueled by obsession and brilliance, and organized around one overriding need: to prove one’s worth by deceiving others. But his journey is more than a tale of tricks, gigs, and geeks. By investing some of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, physics, history, and even crime, all through the lens of trickery and illusion, Fooling Houdini arrives at a host of startling revelations about how the mind works--and why, sometimes, it doesn’t.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJun 19, 2012
    ISBN9780062116222
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    Alex Stone

    Alex Stone has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Discover, Harper's, and The New Republic. He lives in New York City.

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    • 5/5
      I’ve been a magician for 3-4 years and It was amazing getting a deeper look into all aspects of the craft. You can tell that Alex Stone really took his time writing this book and made sure not to leave a single detail out. I also really liked him reading it because it sets the tone right out of the gate as being more personal and you understand the true intentions of the content. 12/10 would read again.