Levitation: Physics And Psychology In The Service Of Deception

By Jim Ottaviani

Book Overview

Levitation tells the story of the most dazzling gravity-defyingillusion ever performed on stage, and features a cast of characters that seemsalmost too good to be true: John Neville Maskelyne, the very properscientist-magician and the trick's inventor; Harry Kellar, the brash Americanwho fails to buy the illusion, so steals it instead; Howard Thurston, thehandsome and charismatic performer who inherits the act from Kellar; and GuyJarrett, the rough-and-tumble engineer who perfects the levitation and guides usthrough the unfolding drama. But true it is -- you'll never look at magic, or the mysteries of science -- the same way again.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0978803701
• ISBN13: 9780978803704
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: G.T. Labs
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.6" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11