The Magic of Math ─ Solving for X and Figuring Out Why

A New York Times Bestseller

Arthur Benjamin . . . joyfully shows you how to make nature’s numbers dance.”
Bill Nye

The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examplesfrom ice-cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squaresthis book revels in key mathematical fields including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus, plus Fibonacci numbers, infinity, and, of course, mathematical magic tricks. Known throughout the world as the mathemagician,” Arthur Benjamin mixes mathematics and magic to make the subject fun, attractive, and easy to understand for math fan and math-phobic alike.

A positively joyful exploration of mathematics.”
Publishers Weekly, starred review

Each [trick] is more dazzling than the last.”
Physics World

Arthur Benjamin holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University and is a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. The author ofThe Secrets of Mental Math, he lives in Claremont, California.