The spectacle of illusion : magic, the paranormal & the complicity of the mind / Matthew L. Tompkins.

  • Tompkins, Matthew L.
Date:
2019
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

London : Thames and Hudson, 2019.

Physical description

224 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes

This book is published in partnership with Wellcome Collection on the occassion of the exhibition 'Smoke and Mirrors: The psychology of magic', curated by A.R. Hopwood & Honor Beddard, held at Wellcome Collection, London, from April 11 to 15 September 2019.

Contents

Introducing the illusion -- The master magicians -- The parapsychological investigations -- Coda.

Bibliographic information

Contains bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BVA.PX
    Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9780500022429
  • 0500022429