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Thanks to Dr. Todd Landman, the Academic Magician, for sharing his footage of the 37 Force. -
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References:
Simon, W. E. (1972). “Blue Seven Phenomenon” in Elementary and Jr. High Children. Psychological Reports -
Trueman, J. (1979). Existence & Robustness of Blue Seven Phenomena. The Journal of General Psychology -
Saito, M. (1999). “Blue and Seven Phenomena” in Japanese Students. Perceptual & Motor Skills -
Philbrick, J. L. (1976). Blue seven in East Africa: Preliminary report. Perceptual & Motor Skills -
Hargreaves, S. (2009). The psychology of randomness. -
The 37 Force via The Magician’s Forum -
Fulves, K. (1979) Self-Working Mental Magic. Dover Publications, Inc. -
Random numbers via The Jargon File at -
Random Number Survey by MahoganyForest via Reddit -
Prime number theorem via Wikipedia -
Grossack, C. (2023). A truly incredible fact about the number 37. -
Least prime factor of n via -
Fry, H. (2017). When should you settle down? -
Choosing Toilets by Numberphile -
Seaton, R. (2014). The Secretary Problem Explained: Dating Mathematically. -
Images & Video:
Just 37 by Tom Magliery -
R4000 Processor via Molecular Expressions -
The “37” Cluster by Noel Carboni -
Charles Fleischer via Wikimedia -
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