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Roger Highfield

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Griffithstown, Wales, The United Kingdom

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http://www.rogerhighfield.com

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Roger Ronald Highfield (born 1958 in Griffithstown, Wales) is an author, science journalist, broadcaster and director of external affairs at the Science Museum Group.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 21,527 ratings · 1,112 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works 4.02 avg rating — 3,066 ratings — published 2002 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey 3.81 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can Reindeer Fly? The Science of Christmas 3.39 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1998 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Private Lives of Albert Einstein by Roger Highfield, Paul Carter 3.57 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1993 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Papers from Nimbus-2003 Compendium by Roger Highfield, Penny Linsenmayer 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science Museum Stephen Hawking Genius at Work: Explore His Life, Mind and Science Through the Objects in His Study 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arrow Of Time: A Voyage Through Science to Solve Time's Greatest Mysteries 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	裸のアインシュタイン―女も宇宙も愛しぬいた男の大爆発 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warum ist der Weihnachtsmann so dick?: Die Wissenschaft der Weihnachtszeit 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“If Newton had not, as Wordsworth put it, voyaged through strange seas of thought alone, someone else would have. If Marie Curie had not lived, we still would have discovered the radioactive elements polonium and radium. But if J. K. Rowling had not been born, we would never have known about Harry Potter. That is why Master Potter means so much to me. Science may be special but Harry, as a work of art, is more so. Harry Potter is unique.”
― Roger Highfield, The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works

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“Words can calm people, can make them them fall in love, can whip them up into a frenzy, can turn them into killers.”
― Roger Highfield, The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works

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“They Harry Potters still enormously outnumber the likes of Petunia and Vernon Dursley in society, who just don't hold with such nonsense, perhaps reflecting how modern life seems more out of control than ever. Most people do indeed believe in magic of one sort or another, whether the thespian who shouts "break a leg" at a colleague, the student who always wears the same outfit for exams, the blushing bride who crosses her fingers for good luck or those who jump with joy when they find a four-leaf clover. Why is our belief in magic so deeply ingrained? Indeed, why do we believe in anything at all?”
― Roger Highfield, The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works

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