Reviews and Recommendations; September / October 2012; Scientific American Mind; by Brian Mossop, Jordan Lite, Daisy Yuhas, Victoria Stern; 2 Page(s)

Tricks of the Trade: Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind
Alex Stone
HarperCollins, 2012 ($26.99)

A magician's psychological subterfuge requires years to master, as Stone writes in Fooling Houdini, a foray into the underbelly of the magic culture.