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The Science of Harry Potter

How Magic Really Works

By Roger Highfield

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| Paperback | 9780142003558

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Book Description

Can Fluffy the three-headed dog be explained by advances in molecular biology? Could the discovery of cosmic "gravity-shielding effects" unlock the secret to the Nimbus 2000 broomstick's ability to fly? Is the griffin really none other than the dinosaur Protoceratops? Roger Highfield, author of the Continue

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Elementary, dear Dumbledore

The Science of Harry Potter by Roger Highfield Headline £12.99, pp374 Roger Highfield's previous book, Can Reindeer Fly?, received the world's shortest book review - the word 'No'. The Loaded critic surely had not read the book, because it contains a ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

1 Review

Quite a wrong title for an otherwise (possibly) interesting book for a different kind of reader. I guess "Tales of lore, historic inspirations and what made J.K.Rowling create her outstanding characters and I was curious to know more about" would have fit better. Sounds quite boring, doesn't it? So ... (continue)

Quite a wrong title for an otherwise (possibly) interesting book for a different kind of reader. I guess "Tales of lore, historic inspirations and what made J.K.Rowling create her outstanding characters and I was curious to know more about" would have fit better. Sounds quite boring, doesn't it? So the book. "What has this to do with science?" and "Who cares about that?" have been the recurring questions during reading, which took me unusually longer to finish. I'm also skeptical about some "science" I read, for which I doubt real evidences have been confirmed but in some researcher's paper. Detailed references don't make things more trustworthy, there's a not so subtle difference between "science" and "speculation". Disappointing overall.

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