In The Field

ESOF: The magic of science

Last night Alison Abbott, Nature´s senior European correspondent, arranged to take a group of us to see Metamagicum, a show that blends magic with science.

Sound impossible? Well, just imagine a tall German man dressed as a top quark and dancing. Or deriving the equation E=mc2 with a mathematical reference to Munich´s Späten brewery. Read more about Thomas Fraps and Pit Hartling, the men behind Metamagicum, at https://www.metamagicum.com – don´t miss the link to Alison´s excellent feature about them.

After the show, Phil Campbell — Nature´s editor-in-chief — showed off a card trick or two of his own. Who knew…

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