Fooling Houdini

Buchzusammenfassung

Alex Stone's writings have graced the pages of The New York Times, Harper's, Discover, and The Wall Street Journal. A Harvard University graduate with a master's degree in physics from Columbia University, he spent his formative years in Wisconsin, Texas, and Spain. He currently lives in New York City.

Magic extends beyond performing tricks; it involves understanding your audience, honing sensory skills, and applying physical and mathematical principles. Its history and philosophy are intricately connected to various fields and art forms, including science, finance, and gambling.

“Deception, I came to realize, was one of the few remaining oral traditions.”

“It’s as though gullibility is an acquired behavior, and children have not yet learned how to be deceived.”

“Magicians court the spotlight while living in constant fear of exposure. They regard magic tricks as being like quantum states—destroyed by the very act of examining them up close. Magicians trumpet the secrecy of their art, almost daring the viewer to lift the veil, and yet they are furious when someone actually does.”

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