Comments on: How to Present New Math Ideas

By: Pedestal Table

Pedestal Table — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:46:48 +0000

Blaine is not the best magician but i can say that he has great showmanship and i like his show :,~

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:45:02 +0000

First of all, you’ve got to know that they are generally not “his tricks.” Second, it depends on your standards for talent.

One thing is certain, he is a talented self-promoter. I used to think he was totally useless, because I think his contribution to magic is very lame, indeed. Recently I talked to someone who’s met him, and found out that one of his favorite books is Demian by Hermann Hesse. Made me reconsider my opinion of him. If he likes Demian, or Hesse at all, he’s got to have something going for him.

I’d like to know what your criteria for talent in a magician is, though.

By: Ashton Cox

Ashton Cox — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:30:11 +0000

David Blaine is not the best magician but he surely amazes me with his old tricks`-*

By: Jason Rivera

Jason Rivera — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:17:25 +0000

i like the magic tricks of David Blaine but Chris Angel is much better.”;;

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:08:13 +0000

Gavin,

Lots of people enjoy David Blaine’s magic. I can’t say I’m one of them. I’m a bit of a magical purist. Check out one of my other sites at http://www.squidoo.com/greatmagicians to see some gentlemen with brilliant showmanship and tricks that remain state-of-the-art decades (and in some cases a century) after they invented them.

And these guys didn’t have a battery of inventors working for them. They are the inventors.

All the best,

Brian

By: Gavin Wright

Gavin Wright — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:10:02 +0000

David Blaine has very good showmanship and his magic tricks are good too.:”"

By: Personalized gifts

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By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:20:52 +0000

Professor Homunculus sez:

Daniel,

What a clever Idea. I think your worksheets are terrific! I’m going to recommend them on some of my other pages as well.

Thanks so much for posting them!

- Professor Homunculus

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:57:11 +0000

I was wondering if having a set different of long division problems, that have the same quotients and remainder constitute “magic” in the sense you use…

I created these long division worksheets with that property.

The first page contains one set of problems, and the second contains a different set, but with the same results.

That way students can check their answers in pairs.