Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2025-02-07

Books mentioned on The Science of Illusion with Teller

2 books · With Teller, Susana Martinez-Conde · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Why does magic fool us so easily? Is our perception of reality just an illusion?

Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Sleights of mind by Stephen L. Macknik and Champions of Illusion by Susana Martinez-Conde and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Sleights of mind

   Stephen L. Macknik · at 3:01 · mentioned 3 times

   Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Brains by Stephen L.

   Discussed

   “and you're author from now 2011 a book still selling well slights of Mind”

   Neil deGrasse Tyson The Science of Illusion with Teller 2025-02-07 Listen at 3:01

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
2. 

   Champions of Illusion

   Susana Martinez-Conde; Stephen Macknik · at 3:06 · mentioned 2 times

   Discussed

   “nice love that title and more recently champions of Illusion in 2017”

   Neil deGrasse Tyson The Science of Illusion with Teller 2025-02-07 Listen at 3:06

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible