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    101 Bets You Will Always Win: Jaw-Dropping Illusions, Remarkable Riddles, Scintillating Science Stunts, and Cunning Conundrums That Will Astound and Amaze Everyone You Know
    101 Bets You Will Always Win: Jaw-Dropping Illusions, Remarkable Riddles, Scintillating Science Stunts, and Cunning Conundrums That Will Astound and Amaze Everyone You Know
    101 Bets You Will Always Win: Jaw-Dropping Illusions, Remarkable Riddles, Scintillating Science Stunts, and Cunning Conundrums That Will Astound and Amaze Everyone You Know
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    101 Bets You Will Always Win: Jaw-Dropping Illusions, Remarkable Riddles, Scintillating Science Stunts, and Cunning Conundrums That Will Astound and Amaze Everyone You Know

    By Richard Wiseman

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    YouTube sensation, psychologist Richard Wiseman, shows you how to astound your friends with 101 Bets You Will Always Win

    Everyone loves a winner. Imagine being able to challenge anyone with seemingly impossible bets, safe in the knowledge that you will always win. Imagine no more. Richard Wiseman is a psychologist who has traveled the globe in search of the world's greatest bets and in "101 Bets You Will Always Win" he shows you how to use science, logic and a healthy dose of trickery always to be on the winning side of every bet you make. Using coins, dice, matchsticks and ordinary objects, you'll discover, among many other things,

    - how to balance a coin on the edge of a dollar bill
    - pick a cup up with a balloon
    - balance two forks and a matchstick on your fingertip
    - separate two glasses without touching them

    In explaining the bets, Wiseman also explains the science behind them making what at first seems mystifying as natural as the laws of gravity. Let YouTube sensation Richard Wiseman turn you into one of those smart people who can say "I'll bet I can..." and know that you'll never lose.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateSep 27, 2016
    ISBN9781250121875
    101 Bets You Will Always Win: Jaw-Dropping Illusions, Remarkable Riddles, Scintillating Science Stunts, and Cunning Conundrums That Will Astound and Amaze Everyone You Know
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    Richard Wiseman

    Richard Wiseman is Britain's only professor for the Public Understanding of Psychology and has an international reputation for his research into unusual areas including deception, luck, humour and the paranormal. He is the psychologist most frequently quoted by the British Media and his research has been featured on over 150 programmes. He is regularly heard on Radio 4 and featured articles about his work have appeared throughout the national press.

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      101 Bets You Will Always Win - Richard Wiseman

      BEFORE WE START

      Some of the bets involve everyday objects, such as glasses, knives and matches, that could potentially be dangerous in the wrong hands. We are not responsible for any physical or financial harm that you may suffer as a result of performing the bets, so read on at your own risk! If you turn the page we’ll understand you’re intrepid and that’s all fine with you. Oh, and if you’re young of mind, make sure you are supervised by an adult whenever you carry out a bet that involves fire or sharp objects. Many thanks.

      BODY MAGIC

      TEN WAYS TO WIN WITH YOUR HANDS AND FEET

      AMAZING FACTS ABOUT YOUR BODY

      • Each day your heart will beat over 100,000 times.

      • About 60 per cent of your body is made up of water.

      • Every month your body completely replaces its outer skin.

      • A quarter of all the bones in your body are in your feet.

      • A matchbox-sized block of your bone can support four times more weight than concrete.

      YOU NEED HANDS

      For this bet, all you need to do is hold out your two hands and say, ‘Counting my thumbs as fingers, how many fingers am I holding up?’

      The correct answer is ten. Then say, ‘So if this is ten fingers, how many fingers are there on ten hands?’ Almost everyone will say 100. In fact, the correct answer is fifty!

      BREAK POINT

      Ask your friend to hold out their hand. Next, place a matchstick across the top of their middle finger, like

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