Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks an introduction is given to

an introduction is given to non-Riemannian spaces including such subjects as affine

Inheritance

in Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) and is essential study for students of orchestral combinations and effects

He worked for 27 years at the British Museum and the New York Public Library gathering material on phenomena from the borderlands between science and fantasy

Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks an introduction is given toOne of the legendary figures in the history of card magic, Charles T. Jordan (18881944) is known for the astonishing range of his inventive ability, the subtlety of his thinking, and the fact that so many of his creations have become magic classics. Although he did not perform in public, he profoundly influenced later generations of magicians and his writings embody many of the fundamental principles used in card magic today. In this volume, one of