Conjuring with Computation
Paul Curzon and
Peter W McOwan
A Manual of Magic and Computing for Beginners
Learn Computer Science through magic tricks
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From the team behind CS4FN and Teaching London Computing
Conjuring with Computation is an introduction to both magic and computer science, exploring the way magic is a form of computation. Each of the 50 chapters describes how to do a simple magic trick and then uses it as the basis to explain some core computer science. Topics cover include the basics of algorithms and data representation, computational thinking, human computer interaction and cyber security, as well as some ways technology are directly used as magic tricks.
Authors, Paul Curzon and the late Peter W McOwan, both Professors of Computer Science are behind the Computer Science for Fun and Teaching London Computing projects and have been giving Magic of Computer Science workshops to school children for almost 20 years.
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