Conjuring with Computation: A Manual of Magic and Computing for Beginners

The team behind Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN), brings you Conjuring with Computation: A Manual of Magic and Computing for Beginners. Develop your skills as a magician while also learning the basics of computer science by exploring its links to magic. Each chapter explains how to do a simple magic trick, step-by-step, then uses the trick to introduce linked fundamental ideas in computer science in a fun way.

By reading the book you will learn to do self-working tricks, be able to hold magic shows, create your own versions of tricks, and with creativity even invent your own. We cover:

• Self-working card tricks
• Magical jigsaws, boxes and other objects
• False shuffles and cuts
• False choices
• Magic with books and pictures
• Mentalism, clairvoyance and tricks with ghosts
• Magic built on technology
• Find out your friends' superpowers!

You will also learn how computation underpins conjuring, answering questions like:

• What is computation?
• Why are the skills of a computational thinker, such as decomposition, abstraction and generalisation, so important?
• Why is data represented in different ways?
• How is easy-to-use software created?
• How does maths underpin programming?
• What are the basics of cyber security and privacy?
• Why must we all understand how computing technology affects society?

The book includes profiles of computer scientists, alongside magicians with links to technology, through history.

Master conjuring and thinking computationally.

《以計算為基礎的魔術：初學者的魔術與計算手冊》是由《電腦科學趣味》（CS4FN）團隊推出的。通過探索魔術與計算科學的聯繫，您可以在學習計算機科學的基礎知識的同時，提升自己的魔術技能。每一章都會逐步解釋如何進行一個簡單的魔術，然後以這個魔術為例，以有趣的方式介紹計算機科學的基本概念。

通過閱讀這本書，您將學會自動運行的魔術，能夠舉辦魔術表演，創作自己的魔術版本，甚至可以創造屬於自己的魔術。我們涵蓋的內容包括：

- 自動運行的紙牌魔術
- 魔術拼圖、盒子和其他物體
- 假洗牌和切牌
- 假選擇
- 書籍和圖片的魔術
- 心靈感應、預知和與鬼魂有關的魔術
- 基於技術的魔術
- 發現朋友的超能力！

您還將了解計算在魔術中的基礎，回答以下問題：

- 什麼是計算？
- 為什麼計算思維的技能（如分解、抽象和概括）如此重要？
- 為什麼數據以不同的方式表示？
- 如何創建易於使用的軟件？
- 數學如何支撐編程？
- 基本的網絡安全和隱私是什麼？
- 為什麼我們都必須了解計算技術如何影響社會？

書中還包括與科技有關的魔術師和計算機科學家的簡介，涵蓋了歷史上的各個時期。

通過這本書，您可以成為魔術大師，同時培養計算思維能力。