For several months, I always carried a deck of cards in my backpack. I like playing gin rummy as much as anyone, but that's not the reason why. I carried them because I had discovered
Computer Science Outreach Magic.
I learned a Computer Science magic trick from
cs4fn.org/magic, and I've been hooked ever since. I've performed this trick to much success when manning booths at outreach events and teacher visiting days. It lets you engage people while illustrating a bit of computer science. At the
PyLadies' lunch at
PyCon '13,
Esther Nam convinced me to write a blog post about this card trick I was so excited about. "Lots of people want to know how to demonstrate computer science without a computer!" she said.
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| Teaching the card trick to Computer Science student volunteers at the Tucson Festival of Books. |
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| Performing the big reveal at a University of Arizona College of Science ceremony. |
