> Mathematical Wizardry by Harry Lorayne - Book

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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on September 6th, 2011
Well, I'd seen Mr. Lorayne performs one effect from the book in an IMS Gold Series and I liked it a lot so I decided to purchase it, mainly cos it sort of promissed "things that'll make me seem like a genius" and the similar. The truth of the matter is that this book is arcane.It had nothing new to add to my knowledge and had I known that- I'd never buy it.
It starts with a trick that's titled "1089" and though I'm not gonna reveal what it's about- I'm more than certained that ANYone who knows the LEAST of math-magics would know the effect.I just thought that the book starts with the 'basics' and it'll eventually become better, but no, to my disappointment. I can only assume that those tricks WERE ONCE good, but in today's world they're best described as obselete (apart from "nice effects" which -again- I had already known).
In conclusion- it's not a total waste of time, it can more than serve the youngsters who really have no notions (nor basic mathematical thinking) about math, but if one wishes to expand his(/her) mind and knowlede about math-magics- then I'd say that it'll feel just like reading a newspaper from the past- it may get you a tad exited but that will be all it'll do.

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