Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers - Paperback
by Matt Kaplan
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9781476777115ISBN-10:147677711XUPC:9781476777115Book Category:Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Popular CultureSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCVBQ8XZ0J
Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers
"Filled with cool cocktail-party tidbits, Matt Kaplan considers how things that were once the stuff of legends could one day become reality" (The Atlantic) in this fun scientific inquiry into the mystical places and magical objects of ancient and contemporary lore--from the fountain of youth, to love potions, to Super Mario's mushrooms. Can migrations of birds foretell our future? Do phases of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9781476777115ISBN-10:147677711XUPC:9781476777115Book Category:Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Popular CultureSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCVBQ8XZ0J
Kaplan, Matt: - Matt Kaplan is a science correspondent with The Economist. He has also contributed to National Geographic, New Scientist, Nature, and The New York Times. He is the author of the book The Science of Monsters. In 2014, Kaplan was awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship which he used to study the sciences at MIT and folklore at Harvard.
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