Conjuring with Computation: A Manual of Magic and Computing for Beginners

By Paul Curzon and Peter W. McOwan

Book Overview

The team behind Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN), brings you Conjuring with Computation: A Manual of Magic and Computing for Beginners. Develop your skills as a magician while also learning the basics of computer science by exploring its links to magic. Each chapter explains how to do a simple magic trick, step-by-step, then uses the trick to introduce linked fundamental ideas in computer science in a fun way.By reading the book you will learn to do self-working tricks, be able to hold magic shows, create your own versions of tricks, and with creativity even invent your own. We cover: Self-working card tricks;Magical jigsaws, boxes and other objects;False shuffles and cuts;False choices;Magic with books and pictures;Mentalism, clairvoyance and tricks with ghosts;Magic built on technology;Find out your friends' superpowers ;You will also learn how computation underpins conjuring, answering questions like: What is computation?;Why are the skills of a computational thinker, such as decomposition, abstraction and generalisation, so important?;Why is data represented in different ways?;How is easy-to-use software created?;How does maths underpin programming?;What are the basics of cyber security and privacy?;Why must we all understand how computing technology affects society?;The book includes profiles of computer scientists, alongside magicians with links to technology, through history.Master conjuring and thinking computationally.To learn more about the book and authors, click here.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811264333
• ISBN13: 9789811264337
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"