November 14, 2003
Course Looks at the Science Behind Harry Potter's Magic
The adventures of the gang at Hogwarts may be fiction, but one professor is out to prove that the magic in J.K. Rowling's popular books isn't all fantasy.
George Plitnik, a physics professor at Frostburg State University known for donning the garb of Aristotle and Galileo in his classes, came up with the concept for his honors seminar, "The Science of Harry Potter," after happening upon a book of the same title by the British science writer Roger Highfield.
The professor devised
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