Fooling Houdini - Alex Stone

Alex Stone, October 31, 2019 as part of the A.P.E.X. series at Southern Utah University. ---- Stone recounts his quest to join the ranks of master magicians in Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind, a book about the underground world of magic and its ties to psychology, neuroscience, physics, mathematics, gambling, and crime. As he navigates this quirky and occasionally hilarious subculture, he pulls back the curtain on a community shrouded in secrecy, fueled by obsession and brilliance, and organized around a single overriding need: to prove one’s worth by deceiving others. ---- Read more about the lecture and listen to the podcast: https://www.suu.edu/apex/2019/10-31-s... Southern Utah University A.P.E.X. https://www.suu.edu/apex Southern Utah University in Cedar City, UT https://www.suu.edu