[Jim Ottaviani] · Levitation: Physics And Psychology In The Service Of Deception [Levitation Book] PDF ☆ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB

But true it is — you'll never look at magic, or the mysteries of science — the same way again.. Levitation tells the story of the most dazzling gravity-defying illusion ever performed on stage, and features a cast of characters that seems almost too good to be true: John Neville Maskelyne, the very proper scientist-magician and the trick's inventor; Harry K

• Title : Levitation: Physics And Psychology In The Service Of Deception
• Author : Jim Ottaviani
• Rating : 4.69 (503 Vote)
• Publish : 2015-6-29
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 72 Pages
• Asin : 0978803701
• Language : English

But true it is — you'll never look at magic, or the mysteries of science — the same way again.. Levitation tells the story of the most dazzling gravity-defying illusion ever performed on stage, and features a cast of characters that seems almost too good to be true: John Neville Maskelyne, the very proper scientist-magician and the trick's inventor; Harry Kellar, the brash American who fails to buy the illusion, so steals it instead; Howard Thurston, the handsome and charismatic performer who inherits the act from Kellar; and Guy Jarrett, the rough-and-tumble engineer who perfects the levitation and guides us through the unfolding drama

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The hard economics they faced comes through splendidly, however. The story contains two revelations: one is the diagram explaining the trick. . All rights reserved. It's all good fun, but the story never finds its heart, only touching on the obsessive control the great traveling magicians must have had, and their life on the road. Years later, it was passed on to Howard Thurston, who had the voice and bearing of a preacher with the manner of a carnival barker. To survive, they had to act like cutthroat rogues. (Kellar notes that the two professions are not so different.) The art is lively with nice Georgian and Jazz Age touches, especially in face shots that resemble old, hypnotic-eyed daguerreotypes of mesmerists in frock coats. The other is the revelation that even when audience members are quietly shown how it wor