Gibson, Walter B.: Magic With Science ©1968 Walter B. Gibson, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, NY Hardcover, 119 pages ©1973 First Paperback Edition, Grosset & Dunlap, NY Softcover, perfect-bound, 8.5x11", 120 pages ISBN: 0448115646

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Comments: Illustrated by Ric Estrada.

Contents:

9 Introduction
15 Sources for Materials

17 Physitrix: Tricks Involving Various Principles of Physics
17 Mystic Comeback
17 Pillars of Hercules
18 Strong Paper
19 Bottle and Straw
19 Comeback Ball
20 Mystic Rising Card
20 Piercing a Potato
21 Tearing the Paper
21 The Restored Match
22 An Animated Hairpin
23 Grandmothers Necklace
23 Name the Date
24 Blocks and Rings
25 The Marked Match
26 The Perpetual Propeller
26 The Rising Tube
28 Seesaw Sorcery
28 Ups and Downs
29 Snappy
29 Brush It Away
20 The Bouncing Cork
30 Cut and Restored String

32 Optrix: Tricks and Illusions Involving Optical Principles
32 Wine to Water
33 The Bending Pencil
33 The Mixed-Up Mirror
34 The Mysterious Rod
34 The Penetrating Rod
35 Card Vanishes from Glass
35 Making Money Multiply
36 Triple Your Money
37 Surprise Sausage
37 The Floating Ball
37 Which Is Larger?
38 X-Ray Tube
38 Crisscross Screen
39 Restored Paper Napkin
40 Shadow Monster
41 Candy from Nowhere
42 Through the Glass
42 Magic Lamps
43 Rub Away Coin
43 Coin Gone
44 Coin and Glass
45 Coin, Ring, and Card
46 An Appearing Coin
46 Metal Through Metal
47 Mirror Image
47 The Roaming Coin

40 Maginertia: Tricks Involving Inertia
49 Nine Coins
49 A Remarkable Nutcracker
50 Stacked Checkers
51 The Spinning Egg
51 The Dropping Eggs
53 Oik- Quick Stroke
53 The Balanced Coin
54 Balanced Bottles
54 Flip It!
55 Turn It Over

56 Equilitrix: Feats of Equilibrium and Balance
56 The Balanced Pencil
57 Another Balanced Pencil
57 Amazing Paper Napkin
57 Bewildering Butterfly
58 Turnover Match Pack
59 Top Side Up
59 Egg on End
60 The Balanced Forks
60 The Knife Stand
61 Three Baseball Bats
61 Lift Five with One
62 The Balanced Potato

63 Hydromagic: Tricks with Water and Liquids
63 Amazing Grape Seed
63 Glass to Glass
64 The Floating Coin
65 Steel That Floats
65 Always North
65 Magnetic Plastic
66 The Strong Napkin
67 Topsy-Turvy Eggshell
68 Pepper and Salt
68 Lifting an Ice Cube
69 Sink or Swim
70 Anti-Gravity Handkerchief
71 The Spinning Eggshell
71 Upright Corks
72 Strong Thread
73 Air Versus Water
74 The Hydrostatic Glass
76 Magic Milk
76 Roller Coaster
77 Label Inside Bottle
77 Spread Away Matches
78 Magnetic Matches
78 The Mysterious Diver

80 Acoustrix: Tricks Involving Acoustics
80 The Singing Glass
80 Big Ben
81 The Dissolving Coin
82 Clink-Away Coin

84 Aeromagic: Magic Involving Aerodynamics
84 Lift the Book
84 Strange Spheres
85 Chameleon Balloons
86 Crazy Cards
86 Metal and Paper
87 Blowing Through a Bottle
89 A Surprising Lift
89 Blow the Book Down
90 An Amazing Dart
90 Funny Funnel
91 An Amazing Pincushion
92 Bring Them Together

94 Arithmetrix: Tricks Involving Arithmetic
94 Apple, Egg, and Orange
95 Magic Age Disks
96 The Colors Tell
96 The Mystic Square
97 Deceptive Dominoes

98 Electrix: Tricks with Electricity
98 Salt and Pepper
99 Hypnotized Balloon
99 Contrary Balloons
100 Magic Wallpaper
101 Sticky Paper
101 The Magnetic Pen
102 The Balanced Straw
102 Weird Paper Strips
103 The Impossible Match
103 The Magnetic Hand

104 Magnetrix: Tricks Utilizing Magnets
104 Mystic Paper Clip
105 Slippery Mucilage
106 The Suction Cup

107 Geometrix: Tricks Involving Geometrical Principles
107 Deep in the Heart of Texas
108 The Impossible Loop
108 The Double Loop
109 Loop the Loop
109 The Knot That Is Not
110 The Lost Line
111 It Shall Knot Pass
111 The Vanishing Domino
112 The Square That Wasn't There
113 Push Along Coins
114 The Impossible Knot

115 Hypnotrix: Feats of Pretended Hypnotism
115 Hypnotic Breeze
115 Head and Foot
116 Hypnotic Fingers
116 The Hypnotized Knee
117 The Rising Aims
118 A Hypnotic Touch
118 The Brush-Off
119 The Heavy Hand