Hi Ben,
Thanks for sharing those two resources. I'm eager to take a look myself. --Jeff Jeffrey Downard Associate Professor Department of Philosophy Northern Arizona University (o) 928 523-8354 ________________________________ From: Ben Udell <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 9:24:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Peirce Society Newsletter 3:2 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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