Overview
Kids can be both scientists and magicians—all at once! With just a little practice, and these 50 super experiments, they’ll amaze people with fool-the-eye illusions that also illustrate basic principles of visual perception. They’re amazingly cool, too, featuring tricks of motion; distortions of length and size; tilts, twists, and topsy-turvies that give a new slant on things; and fantastic flat-screen phantoms that play with illusions of depth.
Synopsis
Be a scientist and a magician all at once. With just a little practice, you’ll amaze people with fool-the-eye illusions that are also clever science experiments. Make a poker chip glow with a ghostlike blur. Shine a flashlight so it leaves a trail of light. Draw shark fins in a book, then watch them swim. Make an X disappear from a piece of paper. Turn green boxes red, then green again. Try all 50 tricks.