Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers Alison McGhee influencing and helping many people

influencing and helping many people around him

ISBN13: 9781107606159

Olivia travels to Mercy Falls

a country cottage

Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers Alison McGhee influencing and helping many people"Filled with cool cocktail party tidbits, Matt Kaplan considers how things that were once the stuff of legends could one day become reality" (The Atlantic) in this fun scientific inquiry into the mystical places and magical objects of ancient and contemporary lore from the fountain of youth, to love potions, to Super Mario's mushrooms. Can migrations of birds foretell our future? Do phases of the moon hold sway over our lives? Are there sacred springs