Did you solve it? The man who changed the course of magic
by Alex Bellos from Science | The Guardian on (#5RYCN)
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Professor Hoffman was the pen-name of Angelo Lewis, a Victorian barrister whose book Modern Magic, published in 1876, is considered one of the most important and influential magic books of all time.
(I read about him recently in David Copperfield's History of Magic, a stunning book he coauthored with psychologist Richard Wiseman and magician David Britland.)
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