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MAGICinCXS I SCIENCE FAaS BY FRIEDHOFFER, THE MADMAN OF MAGIC — MAGIC TRICKS, SCIENCE FACTS BY FRIEDHOFFER, THE MADMAN OF MAGIC Magic tricks — whether you believe they are illusion or supernatural always fascinate; your head nnay tell you one thing but your eyes nnay tell you sonnething else. Few can watch nnagic without trying to figure out happening. But here is your big chance: You, too, can be a v^hat is nnagician. There's nnore to this book than nnere ordinary tricks, however. These are spec/a/ tricks a basis in science or connbinationi nnath. The secrets and the secrets of The Madnnan — that have What a all of nnagic science! of Magic has — you the secrets to scientific nnagic tricks. The science aspect nnakes the tricks even nnore unbelievable to the viewers. But don't spread the secrets around there's no point in perfornning a trick if no one will be fooled. It's not as easy as sinnply knowing the nnagic words: you nnust divulged just for — be willing to learn to do nnagic. Then you nnust practice, practice, pracright. tice until you get it MAGIC TRICKS, SCIENCE FACTS reveals tricks fronn different branches of science: physics, chennistry, physiology, and nnath. You can fool your friends with tricks like a haunted nnatchbox, a fourdinnensional sculpture, a ghost in a (continued on back flap) MAGIC TRICKS, SCIENCE FAaS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 http://www.archive.org/details/magictricksscienOOfrie FRIEDHOFFER, THE MADAAAN OF MAGIC magic tricks, science facts ILLUSTRATED BY RICHARD KAUFMAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY TIMOTHY WHITE FRANKLIN WATTS* 1990 NEW YORK LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY — Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Friedhoffer, Robert. Magic tricks, illustrated science facts / Magic photographs by Timothy White. Friedtioffer, the f\/ladman of by Richard Kaufnnan ; cnn. p. Includes bibliographical references Summary: Presents several magic tricks (p. based on ). principles of and physiology. ISBN 0-531-1 0902-X physics, math, chemistry, 1. Tricks —Juvenile literature. Juvenile literature ror-roQtionc Scientific recreations 2. Magic tricks. kranfman Rjchard, I ] [1. ^ 2. i ll. Scientific II. Title. (fV GV1548.F 75 1990_^ 8y-2B487~^ AC 793^— dc?n © 1990 by Robert Friedhoffer © 1990 by Richard Kaufman Photographs copyright © 1990 by Timothy White Text copyright Illustrations copyright All rights Printed in reserved the United States of America 6 5 4 3 2 1 ; ALSO BY FRIEDHOFFER, MADMAN OF MAGIC THE How to Haunt a House for Halloween To my parents, Nat and Rita Friedhoffer I hope would have made them proud this ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks for their to the following folks help and encouragement: Steve Mark, Suzanne Phillips, Iris Rosoff, Margie Le