Thursday, December 24, 2009

TierneyLab: The Wizard’s Clock









Putting Ideas in Science to the Test

The Wizard’s Clock

by Pradeep Mutalik of the New York Times

This trick is simple, but it's baffling because it violates a basic assumption people make about telephone calls.

The photo is the 17-point clock used by the wizard to perform the card trick in the Magic Phone Calls puzzle.

Read the blog here.