Standup mathematician Matt Parker says this 27-card trick is the most mathematically beautiful - but it takes some explaining! More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Follow...
========== MATT: OK, so I'm going to
do a card trick basedon the number 27.And this is my all-time favorite
maths card trick.And I'm going to show it for
you today, and I'm going toexplain it.I found this trick in an old
1950's math book written byMartin Gardner.And for me it is the maths
card trick with the mostbeautiful maths behind it
out of all of them.And because it is a math card
trick, it does involve a lotof long tedious counting.But bear with us here.So this involves 27 cards, so
I'm going to take 27 off.And this is a genuine count.One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, 10.27 is actually one of my
favorite numbers--One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, 10--because it's a cubed number.One, two, t...
