Be a scientist - and a magician - all at once! With just a little practice, you'll amaze people with these 50 fool-the-eye illusions that are also clever science experiments: Illusions of motion; Tricks of eyesight; Distortions of length and size; Illusions of depth; Illusions that defy science; Safety advice & instructions; Stage a laser light show...Shine a torch so that it leaves a trail of light...Make a flipbook...Draw shark fins in a book and make them swim...Fade away...Draw an X on a piece of paper and then make it disappear...Stereo fun and games...Turn green boxes red, then green again...Simple fun projects using easy-to-find objects can involve the whole family; While you're having fun, you are gaining effortlessly a real understanding of real science; Tenth title in Sterling's great value education-through-fun Simple Experiments With Everyday Materials series. (See paperback promotion)

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Sterling Juvenile .

Michael A. DiSpezio conducts workshops for teachers throughout the world. He has co-authored more than two dozen science textbooks and has worked for clients such as the Discovery Channel and MTV. Rob DeSalle is a curator in the Sackler Institute of Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History. He works on molecular evolution, conservation genetics and evolutionary genomics of a wide array of life forms ranging from plants to all kinds of insects, reptiles and mammals.