Correction, sorry:
Diaconis & Graham did not write all the essays in The Mathematics of
Various Entertaining Subjects, Vol. 3, published 2019, just the essay on
Peirce there https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvd58spj . I got mixed up
because I found that Diaconis & Graham did co-author a whole book
published in 2011 Magical Mathematics: the mathematical ideas that
animate great magic tricks https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7t0gq That
is the book that won the Euler prize; but the essay on Peirce is not there.
- Best, Ben
On 11/10/2019 10:42 AM, Ben Udell wrote:
List,
I just noticed this in the Peirce Society Newsletter 3:2
Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham (2019), “The Magic of Charles
Sanders Peirce,” In The Mathematics of Various Entertaining
Subjects, Vol. 3, J. Beineke and J. Rosenhouse, eds. Available in
pdf here
https://peircesociety.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2d67a1b536f133c3e9f9d5d8c&id=4b43f513bc&e=860edf35dc
The whole book was co-authored by Diaconis & Graham and won the Euler
prize. Persi Diaconis is renowned not only in probability theory and
statistics but also in professional magic. I used to have a friend
who was highly respected in cards & coins magic, and he repeatedly
spoke highly of Diaconis over the years. I haven't read this PDF yet
but Diaconis is in a great position to appreciate Peirce's work in
probability and magic alike. Graham is also a renowned mathematician;
he also juggles; and evidently takes some interest in magic.
Well, I started to read it, and they love Menand's _The Metaphysical
Club_ but most of the article is about some magic tricks of Peirce's.
If you have any interest in Peirce's magic, save this article.
Best, Ben
On 11/9/2019 12:01 PM, Gary Richmond wrote:
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