"MATHEMAGIC" Infomercial
robert a. moeser
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> The guy presenting the thing claims to be a math prof at Harvey Mudd. I
> don't recall has name -- anyone heard of him?
harvey mudd is a character in several episodes of the original Star Trek!
-- rob
Carl J Lydick
=In article <dylanyDA...@netcom.com>, dyl...@netcom.com (Dylan Yolles)
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=> The guy presenting the thing claims to be a math prof at Harvey Mudd. I
=> don't recall has name -- anyone heard of him?
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=harvey mudd is a character in several episodes of the original Star Trek!
No, Harcourt Fenton (Harry) Mudd was a character in a couple of Star Trek
episodds. Harvey Mudd college is a college in Southern California (somewhere
in the vicinity of Redlands).
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Mark Hopkins
and square roots in my head, and additions down a column pretty damn fast.
In fact, I used to be able to do sines and cosines to 3 decimals by using a
small set of elaborate tricks which I forgot (and this is with the angle being
expressed in degrees).
In fact, there's a whole set of tricks and stragegies listed as part of the
learning program in HOW TO CALCULATE QUICKLY: Full Course in Speed
Arithmetic (Harry Sticker, 1955, Dover). The book costed me $2.95.
Oops. What was that about that $60 informercial (with 3 easy $20 payments)?
WHOOPSIE! I JUST RUINED THEIR BUSINESS!! HAA HAA HAAA!!! See ya in
Bankruptcy Court whoever you infomercial people running that show are!!!
Let's see how quickly they can add up their numbers there.
Todd Natkin
: Oops. What was that about that $60 informercial (with 3 easy $20 payments)?
: WHOOPSIE! I JUST RUINED THEIR BUSINESS!! HAA HAA HAAA!!! See ya in
: Bankruptcy Court whoever you infomercial people running that show are!!!
: Let's see how quickly they can add up their numbers there.
Bankruptcy Court??? I don't think so ... the people who put out the
"Hooked on Phonics" stuff for around $300 for a set of VHS tapes gross
in the neighborhood of $250 million per year, even though the entire
phonics system WITH LESSIONS is available for $5.95 or so in the book
which started it all, "Why Johnny Can't Read".
/TN
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Robert A. Meyer
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> > The guy presenting the thing claims to be a math prof at Harvey Mudd. I
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Wrong! The character was Harcourt Fenton Mudd, usually called Harry.
Harvey Mudd is a college (university?) in California. I did not see
the beginning of the thread, but it wouldn't make any difference since
I don't know anyone from there anyway. But I simply could not let an
error concerning one of my favorite ST characters go uncorrected.
Robert A. Meyer Bellevue West Senior High
mey...@unomaha.edu Bellevue, Nebraska
Paul J. Campbell
> infomercial... "Mathemagics"... claim to teach you an easy way to
> become a phenomenal mental calculator....
> The guy presenting the thing claims to be a math prof at Harvey Mudd.
He's Arthur Benjamin, and he is an outstanding teacher and researcher at
Harvey Mudd. He is also a lighnting calculator who gives public
demonstrations (e.g., to the Math'l Ass'n of America annual mtg a couple
of years ago). The methods in his "Mathemagics" materials are ones that he
uses himself.
Dylan Yolles
: He's Arthur Benjamin, and he is an outstanding teacher and researcher at
: Harvey Mudd. He is also a lighnting calculator who gives public
: demonstrations (e.g., to the Math'l Ass'n of America annual mtg a couple
: of years ago). The methods in his "Mathemagics" materials are ones that he
: uses himself.
Do you know if they're any better than those commonly known? Do you know
if he's published in "less expensive" sources?
Dylan
Stephen Saxon
there is a method of mental arithmetic by a guy called Trachtenburg.
There is a great book on how to learn it:
The Trachtenburg Speed System of Basic Maths.
However, I've got it and I just cannot re-discipline myself. His methods are
so straange and unusual!
Stephen Saxon.
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nq8130200-Doerfler
Arthur Benjamin has the book, "Mathemagics: How to Look Like a Genius Without
Really Trying," a couple of years old. It can be found in super-bookstores
with mathematics sections. I can't imagine anything in the videotapes that
wouldn't have been in his book.
Look around for competing books on mental calculation--you might see a
better one...
Ron Doerfler
Darrell Grainger
: Paul J. Campbell (camp...@beloit.edu) wrote:
: : He's Arthur Benjamin, and he is an outstanding teacher and researcher at
: : Harvey Mudd. He is also a lighnting calculator who gives public
: : demonstrations (e.g., to the Math'l Ass'n of America annual mtg a couple
: : of years ago). The methods in his "Mathemagics" materials are ones that he
: : uses himself.
: Do you know if they're any better than those commonly known? Do you know
: if he's published in "less expensive" sources?
Mathemagics by Arthur Benjamin and Michael Brant Shermer, published by
Lowell House, ISBN 0-929923-54-5. I think it is something like $9.95 for
the book (I got it in a 6 for a $1 offer).
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Darrell Grainger an...@torfree.net
Toronto, ON, Canada