Levitation: Physics And Psychology In The Service Of Deception
by Jim Ottaviani
2020-12-30 00:00:35
Levitation: Physics And Psychology In The Service Of Deception
by Jim Ottaviani
2020-12-30 00:00:35
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 invent...
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- 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.
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