Alex Stone, part of the underground magic circuit, is determined to take his lifelong hobby to the professional level, to reach the pinnacle of this bizarre world and become a master magician. Combining his passion for magic with his studies in Physics, Stone takes us on a journey through a strange and colourful subculture of brilliant characters - a blind card sharp, street-hustlers, Las Vegas showmen and world-leading scientists - as he seeks answers to the questions about the limits of perception and the psychology of deception and decision-making. By pulling back the curtain, Stone reveals the principles and history of some of the greatest tricks ever performed.

The summary of Fooling Houdini – Adventures in the World of Magic presented here include a short review of the book at the start followed by quick overview of main points and a list of important take-aways at the end of the summary. The Summary of Alex Stone is a student at Columbia University studying for his Ph.D. in Physics and has a keen interest in magic. He has written for a number of publications, including newspapers and magazines. His first book to become a best seller was titled Fooling Houdini. Fooling Houdini summary includes the key points and important takeaways from the book Fooling Houdini by Alex Stone. Disclaimer: 1. This summary is meant to preview and not to substitute the original book. 2. We recommend, for in-depth study purchase the excellent original book. 3. In this summary key points are rewritten and recreated and no part/text is directly taken or copied from original book. 4. If original author/publisher wants us to remove this summary, please contact us at support@mocktime.com.

Memoirs of sleight-of-hand practitioner and authority on gambling and odds.

Humphrey analyzes the circumstances that can combine to produce what he calls "paranormal fundamentalism", an unshakable conviction that no matter what the evidence, "there must be something there". He traces this to our deep-seated attachment to mind-body dualism. Yet, in the end, it is not only the facts of science but the law of logic that rule out the truth of most paranormal claims. Does this leave us without hope of consolation? Far from it. In a surprising twist, Humphrey concludes that the world as it is, governed by natural laws without the possibility of psychic powers or supernatural intervention, has been and is the best cradle for human development. Witty, philosophical, sometimes shocking, always absorbing, Leaps of Faith throws light - welcome or unwelcome - on many of our most precious ideas about our relationships with God, with each other, and with nature.

Why do newspapers carry horoscopes? How many people believe in telepathy? Surveys show that more and more people believe in paranormal religion. This study outlines the battle between material and spiritual versions of the cosmos to explain why we cling to powers and plans greater than our own. It throws out a challenge to all mystical attitudes, questioning the existence of a soul separate from the body.

Discusses the life of master magician Harry Houdini, his magic and escapes, and the times in which he lived.

The musical presents Houdini's congressional testimony against spiritual mediums, and shows his great feats of escape, his complex relationships with his mother and his wife, and his ironic, untimely death on Halloween 1926.".

Presents a biography of magician Harry Houdini.