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Bob Friedhoffer "The Science of Magic and Illusion"
Magic show at the American Corner
On June 18 the American Corner hosted Bob Freidhoffer , a magician from the U.S., and more than one hundred people interested in magic.
Bob Freidhoffer came to Poland as a guest of the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw.
Professor Bob Friedhoffer is known around the world as a magician who does science, or sometimes, a scientist who does magic.
Bob is a performer/educational consultant to science centers and school boards, educational researcher and sometimes even has time to teach
a class or present a seminar at City University of New York, the Weitzman Institute, and even occasionally a presentation at Caltech.
Friedhoffer's academic work is in the field of science education and the history of science.
His personal interests of magic and theatrical presentations of scientific demonstrations tie in with his academic pursuits to make for
some unusual, though most interesting, lectures. Laboratory demonstrations and experiments are presented as magic tricks.
The secret methods of the "tricks" when explained turn out to be scientific phenomena. He has appeared on many television shows
(including guest VJ on MTV) as a scientist, magician and science magician, written 35+ books, designed 10+ magic science kits for the general
public, and has presented his programs in over 50 countries.
During his one hour show at the American Corner he demonstrated how magic uses science to create illusions.
He showed that magic and science (chemistry, biology, and physics) clearly come together.
Bob performed one amazing feat after another, and proved that our senses can truly be fooled.
The obvious, yet amazing, tricks that our minds play on us were revealed.
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