Smithsonian Institution: Mystery and Magic ©1993 Smithsonian Institution, Gareth Stevens Publishing, WI Hardcover, no dj, 48 pages ISBN: 0-8368-0958-0

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Comments: Series editor Patricia Lantier-Sampon; book designer Sabine Beaupre, editorial assistants Jamie Daniel and Diane Laska. From the Hands-On Science series. Step-by-step science activity projects from the Smithsonian Institution. A very small section with some magic tricks.

Contents (from book):

4 Introduction
5 Super Sleuth: an experiment in finger print reading to solve a crime
9 Magnetic Personalities: experiments with magnets
13 Science Magic
14 - Good Vibrations: mind reading coin trick
14 - Living Raisins: rise and fall in soda
14 - Quickie Tricky: performer knows which hand was on her head
15 - Dragon Breath: water appears to boil from your breath
15 - Afterwords: how the experiments work
17 Eye Catchers: optical experiments
21 Secret Signals: electrical project to make a light go on from a pressure swtich
25 A Matter of Taste
26 - Mapping Your Tongue
26 - Name that Taste
27 Variations and Afterwords
29 Marbleized Paper: making paper that looks like real marble
33 Briny Behavior: Sea-Monkeys!
37 Good Looker: building a peri-scope
41 Super Straws: building a strong beam with straws

45 Places to Write and Visit
45 Further Reading about Mystery and Magic
46 Hands-On Facts about Mystery and Magic
47 Glossary
48 Index