Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions

by Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik, Sandra Blakeslee

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"This book doesn't just promise to change the way you think about sleight of hand and David Copperfield--it will also change the way you think about the mind." --Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust Was A Neuroscientist Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, the founders of the exciting new discipline of neuromagic, have convinced some of the world's greatest magicians to allow scientists to study their techniques for tricking the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0805092811

ISBN13:9780805092813

Release Date:November 2010

Publisher:Henry Holt & Company

Length:291 Pages

Weight:1.23 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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