Alex Elmsley (2 March 1929 – 8 January 2006) was a Scottish magician and computer programmer. He was notable for his invention of the Ghost Count or Elmsley Count, creating mathematical card tricks, and for publishing on the mathematics of playing card shuffling. He created a number of well-known magic tricks, including The Four Card Trick, Between Your Palms, Point Of Departure and Diamond Cut Diamond. He named the special count used in The Four Card Trick the ghost count, though it would later become known as the Elmsley Count.
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| - Alex Elmsley (2 March 1929 – 8 January 2006) was a Scottish magician and computer programmer. He was notable for his invention of the Ghost Count or Elmsley Count, creating mathematical card tricks, and for publishing on the mathematics of playing card shuffling. He created a number of well-known magic tricks, including The Four Card Trick, Between Your Palms, Point Of Departure and Diamond Cut Diamond. He named the special count used in The Four Card Trick the ghost count, though it would later become known as the Elmsley Count. (en)
- Alex Elmsley, ilusionista inglés, nació el 2 de marzo de 1929 en Inglaterra y murió el 8 de enero del 2006. Era programador de computadores, y es reconocido mundialmente por ser el creador de la cuenta Elmsley, o cuenta fantasma. Es uno de los pocos magos que han investigado las propiedades de los sistemas de barajado de cartas matemáticamente, junto con expertos como Martin Gardner y Persi Diaconis. Alex Elmsley falleció el 8 de enero de 2006 debido al cáncer que padecía. (es)
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| - Alex Elmsley (2 March 1929 – 8 January 2006) was a Scottish magician and computer programmer. He was notable for his invention of the Ghost Count or Elmsley Count, creating mathematical card tricks, and for publishing on the mathematics of playing card shuffling. He began practising magic in 1946, as a teenager. He studied physics and mathematics at Cambridge University; whilst there he was also secretary of the Pentacle Club. He was a patent agent, and later a computer expert, in his day job. Otherwise, he was an amateur card and close-up magician. He was awarded an Academy of Magical Arts Creative Fellowship in 1972. He created a number of well-known magic tricks, including The Four Card Trick, Between Your Palms, Point Of Departure and Diamond Cut Diamond. In 1975 he briefly toured the US giving a highly praised lecture known as the "Dazzle Card Act", which consisted of a magic act followed by a detailed discussion of routining. Notes on the lecture were released under the title Cardwork. Elmsley was the subject of The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley (vol. 1 1991, vol. 2 1994). He named the special count used in The Four Card Trick the ghost count, though it would later become known as the Elmsley Count. (en)
- Alex Elmsley, ilusionista inglés, nació el 2 de marzo de 1929 en Inglaterra y murió el 8 de enero del 2006. Era programador de computadores, y es reconocido mundialmente por ser el creador de la cuenta Elmsley, o cuenta fantasma. Es uno de los pocos magos que han investigado las propiedades de los sistemas de barajado de cartas matemáticamente, junto con expertos como Martin Gardner y Persi Diaconis. Es reconocido como uno de los más brillantes innovadores en la cartomagia, inventando cientos de trucos. Además, su cuenta ha permitido el desarrollo de aún más juegos y efectos creados por magos de todo el mundo. Escribió tres series de lecturas Low cunning en 1957, que modificaría dos años después, y en 1975 realizó publicó sus trabajos finales con el título de Cardwork. Escribió además dos libros bajo el título de Collected works of Alex Elmsley, donde explicaba 200 trucos de su creación, incluyendo efectos con monedas, su reconocido truco de la carta en la billetera, y juegos que usaban efectos clásicos. Publicó además una serie de 4 videos lamadaThe Magic of Alex Elmsley: The Tahoe Sessions, donde muestra sus juegos legendarios y rutinas de copas y bolas, además de algunas manipulaciones de cartas para jugadores. Realizó algunas exposiciones y convenciones en clubs. Alex Elmsley falleció el 8 de enero de 2006 debido al cáncer que padecía. (es)
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