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Mathemagician Arthur Benjamin Says Hello to the 4fives!

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Goooooooooooooooood Morning SuperForest!

Last week, SuperForester Julius and I were lucky enough to attend Mathemagician Arthur Benjamin’s incredible show here in New York.
After his set, Mr. Benjamin was kind enough to post up in the lobby and speak to people, sign autographs, and take photos.

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Julius and I waited until the crowd had dispersed, and then we swooped in!
Our mission: To politely ask famous celebrity mathemagician Arthur Benjamin to record a hello video to the 4fives!

Which he did!

What an amazingly sweet and generous man. Not only did he say hello, he sung his special Pi song.

Arthur Benjamin is seriously on to something. He does only what he loves and he shares that love with the entire world, and the results are captivating. In the audience with Julius and I sat kids as young as 2 and as old as 92 (I’m assuming…) and everyone in the auditorium was spell-bound by his passion and skill.

Thank you so very much, Mr. Arthur Benjamin.
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

Everyone should check out Artie B’s amazing book: Secrets of Mental Math

-Jackson

Can We All Become Human Calculators? Arthur Benjamin and the Calculator Kids

Hello All,

Okay, first watch this.

After seeing the way these children can quickly calculate massive sums solely by visualizing an abacus, one would think that with the necessary drive and enough practice anyone could learn this skill.

One wonders what other delightful mental tricks we’d be capable of, if we found the right way to visualize them.

If you liked the first video, you’ll flip over this one:

Awesome, no?

Here’s Arthur Benjamin’s website.
His book – “Secrets of Mental Math
Ooooooh ooo! “Secrets of Mental Math” for the Kindle.
And here is the abacus wiki.