Thames & Kosmos: Science or Magic? ©2012 Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. Softcover, saddle-stitched, 48 pages ©2013, 2016 Thames & Kosmos, LLC, RI

Comments: Text by Felix Homann. Instruction manual for a science kit of magic.

Contents (from book):

I Dear Parents: with warnings
1 Trick 1 Heavy As a Feather: a feather and magnet drop at the same speed
2 Kit Contents
3 Table of Contents
3 Dear Apprentice Magician: tips for presentation
4 Admission Tickets and Decorations: for your show
5 Trick 2 Floating Magnet: a ring first does not float, then does on a stand
8 Trick 3 Obedient Magic Box: a box stops at command from sliding down a string
10 Trick 4 Unblowable Straw: bubbles can be blown from only one straw
12 Trick 5 Levitating Water: water does not pour out of an open cup
14 Trick 6 Sturdy Straw: penetrate an apple
16 Trick 7 Bewitched Funnel: funnel stops allowing water through
18 Trick 8 Brave Fakir's Balloon: balloon doesn't pop on a bed of nails
20 Fakir Tricks
21 Key Word - Air Pressure
21 Magnets
22 Trick 9 Disappearing Water: vanishes in newspaper
24 Trick 10 Magic Butterfly: balances on finger
26 Trick 11 Clinging Funnel: a funnel magically hangs from a string
28 Trick 12 Self-Winding String: a magnet on a string stops a water balloon from falling
30 Trick 13 Bewitched Water Balloon: rises in a bowl
32 Trick 14 Magic Vacuum Box: only picks up paper clips
34 Trick 15 Ring In A Cup: physical stunt
36 Magicians and Gravity
37 Scientists and Gravity
38 Trick 16 Stable Water Glass: pulling a sheet of paper out from under a cup
40 Trick 17 Magnetic Aluminum Foil: magnets move a non-magnetic aluminum disk
42 Trick 18 Magic Chain: paper clips join
44 Trick 19 Bewitched Hopping Frog: a card hops over to reveal a frog picture
46 Trick 20 Astonishing Magic Strip: a Mobius strip
48 Check It Out: the Mobius Strip, and more