Martin Gardner's Science Magic by Gardner, Martin -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Preface Table of Contents Water

Cartesian Matches The Gorilla Effect Somesault Shell Two 10-Cent Betchas A Water Transfer Water Level Riddle Two Corking Good Challenges The Dancing Triangle The Marble and the Cork How to Measure Volume Three Jets

Air

Invisible Glue Three for Bernoulli A Blow for Bernoulli The Mysterious Balloon The Unbreakable Balloon

Fire

Candle Seesaw Miniature Rocket Light from the Wrong End

Heat

A Penny for Your Thoughts Psychic Motor? The Twisty Snake

Gravity

A Snap and a Drop The Biased Penny Balancing Silverware Make a Magic Bird Three Drop Tasks

Motion and Inertia

The Falling Keys Roly-Poly Folder Stabbing an Eggshell The Waltzing Eggshell Puzzling Quarters Bottle, Hoop, and Dime Rotating Egg The Rising Marble Pool Hustler Scam Which Thread? Transporting an Olive The Frustrating Papers Swinging Cups

Friction

Balancing a Book Climbing Bear Curious Feedbacks

Magnetism

The Levitated Paper Clip The Floating Paper Cup Psychokinesis? Pill Bottle and Paper Clip

Electricity

Sneaky Switches The Electric Pickle The Human Battery

Sound

A Puzzling Moo Horn Music from Paper Mysterious Spirit Raps A Talking Machine The Ghostly Glass

Light

Colored Shadows A Mirror Paradox The Pulfrich Illusion Retinal Retention A Blacklight Code A QM Paradox Another Mirror Paradox Blacker than Black

Sensory Illusions

A Square That Ain’t There Where Does the Water Go? The Enchanted Die Left- or Right-Eyed? The Bent Playing Card Zombie Glass An Illusion of Weight Magnetized Pencils? The Puzzling Snap Touching Hands Funny Brush-Off Sloping Teeth Multiplying Marbles

Probability

Whirling Wire The Bunch Effect A Probability Swindle Surprising Dice Bet Are You Psychic?

Dollar Bills

Linking Paper Clips See George Smile and Frown Put George to Sleep Turn George Upside Down Support a Glass The Balanced Half-Dollar How Many Eyes? Blow It Over

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