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The Super Cool Science of Harry Potter: The Spell-Binding Science Behind the Magic, Creatures, Witches, and Wizards of the Potter Universe!
Discover the scientific secrets of Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, and more in J. K. Rowling’s universe.
Movie-goers and young readers the world over have been spellbound by the tales of “the boy who lived.” J. K. Rowling’s stories have conjured ideas of magic and sorcery into our minds like no other book series before. But nature is its own magic. And Muggle scientists have uncovered answers for the weird and wonderful questions from the magic world. Questions such as:
Who was the real Merlin?
Who really was the last great wizard?
Do real-life love potions work?
Platform 9¾: are there real hidden railway stations in London?
And many more!
The Super Cool Science of Harry Potter is for any young fan of Harry Potter. You don’t need to be a witch or wizard to weave your magical way through the facts about your favorite characters, potions, spells, and mysteries from the boy wizard’s world!
Movie-goers and young readers the world over have been spellbound by the tales of “the boy who lived.” J. K. Rowling’s stories have conjured ideas of magic and sorcery into our minds like no other book series before. But nature is its own magic. And Muggle scientists have uncovered answers for the weird and wonderful questions from the magic world. Questions such as:
Who was the real Merlin?
Who really was the last great wizard?
Do real-life love potions work?
Platform 9¾: are there real hidden railway stations in London?
And many more!
The Super Cool Science of Harry Potter is for any young fan of Harry Potter. You don’t need to be a witch or wizard to weave your magical way through the facts about your favorite characters, potions, spells, and mysteries from the boy wizard’s world!
144 pages, Paperback
Published September 15, 2020
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September 14, 2021
Good science and information behind the Harry Potter series. Definitely enjoyed this and learned a few new things. If you're interested in learning more about how the science and Harry Potter work this is definitely the book for you.
October 20, 2021
This book talked about how various topics in Harry Potter can relate to real world science. Overall, this book was interesting, some of it was a little dull, but most was entertaining. The concepts were explained easily for an upper elementary age audience.
Some of my favorite topics were:
Who was Merlin? An abridged version of the history of various individuals who could lay claim to being Merlin was talked about. Most I had heard of, but there was some new information that I had never read about before.
Apparition/Vanishing Cabinets. The idea that this took its origin from wormholes was intriguing. How to magically move from one place to another across time and space is such a fascinating idea.
Some of the topics were a little odd, such as calling Newton the last great Wizard or trying to compare hidden railway locations to London's Underground. For the majority of the book though, the information was entertaining.
The illustrations were simple, all black and white with hints of gold.
A fun book for any Harry Potter fan, who also likes science.
Some of my favorite topics were:
Who was Merlin? An abridged version of the history of various individuals who could lay claim to being Merlin was talked about. Most I had heard of, but there was some new information that I had never read about before.
Apparition/Vanishing Cabinets. The idea that this took its origin from wormholes was intriguing. How to magically move from one place to another across time and space is such a fascinating idea.
Some of the topics were a little odd, such as calling Newton the last great Wizard or trying to compare hidden railway locations to London's Underground. For the majority of the book though, the information was entertaining.
The illustrations were simple, all black and white with hints of gold.
A fun book for any Harry Potter fan, who also likes science.
May 13, 2025
Read this with my child. It was very interesting and also scientifically informative for us to read together. This proved J. K. Rowling did an enormous amount of research for the Harry Potter series. What we would consider magic in the Harry Potter books has deep roots in science based theory.
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