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MAGIC OR SCIENCE?
Magicians pull off fantastic Levitating a meter above the ground, charming a snake with a flute, finding lost objects with the help of a pendulum, swallowing a sword or walking on embers ... But how do they do it? Is it magic or is it science? Learn to question and discover how science can explain most of the secrets surrounding these amazing wonders. Get ready to move to the other side of the mirror! One, Two, Three, Levitate!; Pendulum, Astrology, and Other Prophecies...; Reading Minds? Easy!; Can You Sit on Nails or Charm a Snake?; Breaking Metal; Spirit, Are You There, Probably Not...; Witchcraft?; How Do You Walk On Coals Without Getting Burned?; Beating the Odds; How Do You Stick a Knife in Your Arm with Your Fingers in Your Nose?; Phantoms, Ghosts and Other Spooks; Images That Are a Little too Incredible...; A Triangle that Doesn't Go Around in Circles; Circles in Wheat Fields; When the Oldest Man in the World was a Fake; Go to Sleep!; When the Automation's Too Good to Be True...; Archaeological Mysteries; Gold Makers; Strange Constructions; Children, young adults.
44 pages, Hardcover
Published September 9, 2020
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September 25, 2023
Magic or Science? is a short and sharp little book about the science behind the magic, with lots of history in between.
When levitation might have been from a cleverly-placed prop years ago, powerful electromagnetic fields now make this actually possible.
How do magicians read minds? And how did a German stuntman swallow 13 swords in 2015? This book has a go as well at the Loch Ness monster, harking back to a 1934 photo taken of a Scottish lake — which was later revealed to be a very small pedal-powered submarine piloted just below the surface 🫨
Wheat circles and the Bermuda Triangle - explainable or supernatural? This book takes a logical look at all these mysteries, although I’d still like to suspend the odd belief because that’s just much more exciting!😄
📚: @worldscientificedu
When levitation might have been from a cleverly-placed prop years ago, powerful electromagnetic fields now make this actually possible.
How do magicians read minds? And how did a German stuntman swallow 13 swords in 2015? This book has a go as well at the Loch Ness monster, harking back to a 1934 photo taken of a Scottish lake — which was later revealed to be a very small pedal-powered submarine piloted just below the surface 🫨
Wheat circles and the Bermuda Triangle - explainable or supernatural? This book takes a logical look at all these mysteries, although I’d still like to suspend the odd belief because that’s just much more exciting!😄
📚: @worldscientificedu
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