Conjuring w Computation - 2 free chapters abt magic & computing from new (not free) book

Contents
• Chapter 51 - The Sixth Finger: Virtual Reality & Robotic Limbs (PDF)
• Chapter 52 - Magically Winning by Symmetry: Invariants and Loops (PDF)
• Accompanying information Conjuring w Computation (PDF) - links

Find out how magic tricks can be a fun way to learn about computer science concepts.

Here are two FREE sample chapters to download which come from a new book, Conjuring with Computation, by Paul Curzon and Peter McOwan (who died in 2019).

We have lots of other FREE ‘Magic of Computer Science’ booklets to download. *Please see the Accompanying information file for the link. *

About the book
Conjuring with Computation is an introduction to both magic and computer science, exploring the way magic is a form of computation. Each of the 50 chapters describes how to do a simple magic trick and then uses it as the basis to explain some core computer science. Topics covered include the basics of algorithms and data representation, computational thinking, human computer interaction and cyber security, as well as some ways technology are directly used as magic tricks.

Authors, Paul Curzon and the late Peter W McOwan, both Professors of Computer Science are behind the Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN) and Teaching London Computing projects and have been giving Magic of Computer Science workshops^ to school children for almost 20 years. Please see the Accompanying information file for the link.

About the chapters
A) Bonus Chapter 51
The Sixth Finger
Virtual Reality and Robotic Limbs

Conjuring: You show volunteers that they have an invisible sixth finger that they were not aware of. Even though they cannot see it, they can feel it.

Computation: Robotic body augmentation research involves exploring how to give people robotic limbs to increase their abilities.
• Download as a PDF from TES or view online Please see the Accompanying information file for the link.

B) Bonus Chapter 52
Magically Winning by Symmetry
Invariants and Loops

Conjuring: You play a coin game you can’t lose, powered by symmetry and by a magicians trick.

Computation: To be sure that algorithms containing loops work, computer scientists think about invariants: the things that do not change as a the steps of the algorithm are followed.
• Download as a PDF from TES or view online Please see the Accompanying information file for the link.

More free stuff
Our CS4FN ‘shop’ (everything is £0) on TES
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/JoBrodieCS4FN

CS4FN is supported through EPSRC Research Grant EP/W033615/1.