:: Math and Magic

Prof. Persi Diaconis of Stanford University dazzles spectators with his statistically-based magic..

Beginning his talk with a magic trick, Diaconis threw a deck of cards into a packed Bache Auditorium, before ordering an audience member to cut the deck and select a card. He then told the participant to pass the deck around the crowd, so that five people held cards. Diaconis instructed the participants to stand up if they were holding a red card, before correctly predicting the cards four out of the five audience members were holding.

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