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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.

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"Alex Stone's Fooling Houdini is a delight. In the physics Ph.D program at Columbia, he drops everything to pursue the murky world of magic. He writes with wit and scientific sharpness and grand humor. He immerses us in a fascinating world few have ever entered."--Buzz Bissinger, author of Father's Day and Friday Night Lights

"Fooling Houdini is a totally smart and engrossing study of one of America's most misunderstood sub-cultures, and at the same time the story of one man's quest to probe the mysteries of magic, science, and where the two meet."--John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise

"A cheery, inquisitive book about a world where math, physics, cognitive science and pure geeky fanaticism intersect. . . . This book is more than a series of anecdotes. It's an effort to explore the colorful subculture of magic devotees and the serious, theoretical basis for the tricks they do."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"The narrative is compelling because it comes veined with a very human question: What is truth? That may sound too philosophical for such a fun memoir, but when Stone invokes this question it comes across as pitch perfect."--The Boston Globe

"Fooling Houdini is not only informative, but highly entertaining. Stone has pulled the proverbial rabbit out of the hat."--USA Today

"I've always been intrigued by secret societies and artistic subcultures. Stone opens up the obsessive and hidden world of magicians with intelligence and sly humor."--Molly Ringwald, The New York Post

"An affable new book. . . . What differentiates Fooling Houdini is Stone's determination to understand the science behind his craft."--The Daily Beast

"The funniest book I read all year."--Bob Schieffer

"An enthralling journey into the inner world of magic. Alex Stone writes with a winning voice that you'll want to follow anywhere."--Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein

"What I loved most about Fooling Houdini is the world it takes us into: these huddled cliques of obsessed magicians reinventing their art. . . . This book makes you want to do magic tricks, and convinces you just how hard it is to do them well."--Ira Glass, host of "This American Life"
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An insider's tour through the strange and secretive world of magic - exploring the ancient art of deception and the mysteries of human nature

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  • ISBN 13 9780061766220
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