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Fooling Houdini
Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the MindBy Alex StoneNarrated by Alex StoneLength9h 14m
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From the back rooms of New York City’s age-old magic societies to cutting-edge psychology labs, three-card monte games on Canal Street to glossy Las Vegas casinos, Fooling Houdini recounts Alex Stone’s quest to join the ranks of master magicians. As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture populated by brilliant eccentrics, Stone pulls back the curtain on a community shrouded in secrecy, fueled by obsession and brilliance, and organized around one overriding need: to prove one’s worth by deceiving others. But his journey is more than a tale of tricks, gigs, and geeks. By investing some of the lesser-known corners of psychology, neuroscience, physics, history, and even crime, all through the lens of trickery and illusion, Fooling Houdini arrives at a host of startling revelations about how the mind works--and why, sometimes, it doesn’t.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Politics and Government
Length9 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byAlex Stone
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 19, 2012
LanguageEnglish
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