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MAGICinCXS I SCIENCE
FAaS
BY FRIEDHOFFER, THE MADMAN OF MAGIC
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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
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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.
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Scientific II.
Title.
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1990 by Robert Friedhoffer © 1990 by Richard Kaufman Photographs copyright © 1990 by Timothy White Text copyright
Illustrations
copyright
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reserved
the United States of America
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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