Gary R. Brown is a lawyer and amateur magician. He lives in Valley Stream, New York. Articles by this Contributor Summer 1998The Science Of Cheating At Cards THE CENTURIES-OLD BATTLE BETWEEN SWINDLERS AND THEIR PREY HAS PRODUCED A SMALL UNIVERSE OF TECHNOLOGIES Read >> Winter 1994Sawing A Woman In Half Horace Goldin wanted to keep people from stealing the magic trick he invented, so he took out a patent. It worked, but ultimately it cost him a magician’s greatest asset—secrecy. Read >> Fall 1994The Coney Island Baby Laboratory INCUBATORS FOR NEWBORN INFANTS WERE DEVELOPED NOT IN A MEDICAL RESEARCH FACILITY BUT AMID BARKERS, SIDESHOWS, AND GAWKING CROWDS Read >>
