More Magical Science: Magic Tricks For Young Scientists

r Magic Tricks for Young Scientists A Bymric^Ladizinsky illustrated by Dianne O'Quinn Burke Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 http://www.archive.org/details/moremagicalscienOOIadi MORE ^ Magical SCIENCE Magic Tricks for Young Scientists Eric Ladizinsky Illustrated by Dianne O'Quinn Burke i( Lowell House Juvenile Los Aiigeles Contemporary Books Chicago i( To Nicholas and Ivan, two wizards of light E. L. playmates. With all my love, . . — With love Penny and Jason, my constant to . and my most magical inspiration. — D. O. • ^ Periscope Press a division of Copyright © is an imprint of Lowell House Juvenile, RGA Publishing Group, 1994 by All rights reserved. Inc. RGA Publishing Group, Inc. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing by the publisher. Publisher: Jack Artenstein Editor-in-Chief: Lisa Melton Director of Publishing Services: Mary D. Aarons Text Design: Tanya Maiboroda and Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Catalog Card ISBN: I-56565-I10-3 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 Lisa Lenthall Number: 93-50688 any B. a way to wonder ^ ^ With the rising of every morning sun. The stage is lit the shoto has begun. — From and animals in the sea and on land, To minds and machines and your human hand, Amazing sights provide the keys • the plants To unlocking nature's mysteries! And even with night's curtain drawn -^ Such wondrous magic continues on! From distant stars giving birth to light. To the dreams of children taking flight. So look and luonder and you 'II come to know The incredible secrets behind the show! magic} We usually call something "magical" when it seems to defy our understanding of the way things work when it surprises What is — and amazes But most things would surprise and amaze you if you really thought about them. Take a look at your hands, for instance. Notice the many different ways they can move and feel things. Human hands just like yours created all of civilization from buildings as tall as mountains, to wondrous machines such as computers, to spaceships that reached the moon! Hands are truly magical! If you wonder about all the other things around you, you'll soon realize just how magical a place the world really is. Science is a way of wondering, a method for uncovering the secrets behind what we experience. Scientists are the seekers of these secrets, and for this reason, they may be the greatest wizards of all! us. — In this book, as in Magical secrets Science, you'll learn —the natural wonders of science. And many magical you'll learn how to use simple scientific principles to create some amazing magic tricks. The tricks are categorized by the particular aspect of the natural world they illuminate (for instance, gravity, mechanics, chemistry, and so forth). After learning science behind the illusi