“How many socks make a pair?”
Posted on September 6th, 2008 by John
THAT’S THE TITLE OF A NEW BOOK on “Surprisingly interesting Everyday Maths” by Rob Eastaway that contains much trivia that will be of interest to magicians.It includes a piece on the mathematical likelihood of a random selected card. For a man he indicates that the card is most likely to be the seven of spades. For a woman it will be the seven of hearts. Interesting. Does that stack up with your own experience?
There are many other random mathematical thoughts in the book. The technique in flipping a coin and knowing which will come up – heads or tails. How to turn your ten fingers into an instant digital calculator. At a wedding reception, how do you calculate how many people will have the same birthday as you? There are many such mathematical trivia in the book that fascinate many magicians (Alex Elmsley would have loved it and I bet mental magician Ian Rowland will buy a copy) The book is “How Many Socks Make a Pair?” published by J.R.Books at £12.99
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