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Gardner, Martin: Science Magic ©2011 Dover Publications edition |
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Comments: Illustrated by Tom Jorgenson. From Dover edition, "First published by Dover Publications in 2011, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published as Science Magic: Martin Gardner's Tricks and Puzzles."
Contents (from book ToC):
7 Water
7 Cartesian Matches
8 The Gorilla Effect
9 Somersault Shell
10 Two 10-Cent Betchas
11 A Water Transfer
12 Water Level Riddle
13 Two Corking Good Challenges
14 The Dancing Triangle
15 The Marble and the Cork
16 How to Measure Volume
17 Three Jets
18 Air
18 Invisible Glue
19 Three for Bernoulli
20 A Blow for Bernoulli
20 The Mysterious Balloon
22 The Unbreakable Balloon
23 Fire
23 Candle Seesaw
24 Miniature Rocket
25 Light from the Wrong End
26 Heat
26 A Penny for Your Thoughts
27 Psychic Motor?
28 The Twisty Snake
29 Gravity
29 A Snap and a Drop
30 The Biased Penny
31 Balancing Silverware
32 Make a Magic Bird
33 Three Drop Disks
34 Motion and Inertia
34 The Falling Keys
35 Roly-Poly Folder
36 Stabbing an Eggshell
37 The Waltzing Eggshell
38 Puzzling Quarters
39 Bottle, Hoop, and Dime
40 Rotating Egg
41 The Rising Marble
42 Pool Hustler Scam
43 Which Thread?
44 Transporting an Olive
45 The Frustrating Papers
45 Swinging Cups
48 Friction
48 Balancing a Book
49 Climbing Bear
50 Curious Feedbacks
51 Magnetism
51 The Levitated Paper Clip
52 Floating Paper Cup
53 Psychokinesis?
54 Pill Bottle and Paper Clip
55 Electricity
55 Sneaky Switches
56 Electric Pickle
57 The Human Battery
58 Sound
58 A Puzzling Moo Horn
59 Music from Paper
60 Mysterious Spirit Raps
61 A Tilking Machine
62 The Ghostly Glass
63 Light
63 Colored Shadows
64 A Mirror Paradox
65 The Pulfrich Illusion
66 Retinal Retention
67 A Blacklight Code
68 A QM Paradox
68 Another Mirror Paradox.
69 Blacker Than Black
70 Sensory Illusions
70 A Square That Ain’t There
71 Where Does the Water Go?
72 The Enchanted Die
73 Left- or Right-Eyed?
74 The Bent Playing Card
75 Zombie Glass
76 An Illusion of Weight
77 Magnetized Pencils?
78 The Puzzling Snap
79 Touching Hands
80 Funny Brush-Off
81 Sloping Tbeth
82 Multiplying Marbles
83 Probability
83 Whirling Wire
84 The Bunch Effect
85 A Probability Swindle
86 Surprising Dice Bet
86 Are You Psychic?
88 Dollar Bills
88 Linking Paper Clips
89 See George Smile and Frown
90 Put George to Sleep
91 Turn George Upside Down
92 Support a Glass
93 The Balanced Half-Dollar
94 How Many Eyes?
95 Blow It Over
96 Index
