Michael A Dispezio

You won't believe your eyes-and you shouldn't! Every image in this follow-up to the popular Optical Illusion Magic is out to trick your perception with afterimages, visual "traps" and distorted views. Sometimes you'll have to shift the page to see the magic; in other illusions, pattern and shape make all the difference, producing spirals where none really exists. Plus-some truly funny signs: look closely and see if you can spot the errors.

Provides instructions for over seventy experiments demonstrating the properties of electricity and magnetism.

Provides more than fifty experiments illustrating the properties of force and motion, including gravity, inertia, and density.

Presents over seventy experiments designed to demonstrate the properties of light and sound and explain the science behind them, covering such topics as wavelengths, color spectrums, vibration, and air particles.

Can you imagine the mirror image of a given object, or the best way to connect a series of geometrical shapes? These tricky puzzlers will test your ability to do these things and more... and help you develop valuable mental skills. All the answers appear in the back.

Discusses air pressure, temperature, humidity, dew point, rain, wind, lightning, thunder, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other weather-related topics. Whether there's a tropical heat wave or a chill in the air, whether there's rain, sleet, or snow, have some meteorological fun while learning about everything from hurricanes to sunny blue skies. How can you fly "above the weather?" What are the lowest and highest temperatures ever recorded on earth--and...

Optical illusions trick your mind and confound your perception, and that's why these images--including three-dimensional mazes--will drive you crazy in the best of ways. Stare at a circular checkerboard closely; it will seem to pulsate and shimmer. And do those black-and-white patches actually link up to form the petals of a flower? Determine which twin brother has a bigger appetite by glancing at a drawing of both. (These guys don't look the same...