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Radio 4,4 mins

How magicians use tricks to create illusions

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Philip Ball pays a visit to a secretive institution in the heart of London - The Magic Circle. There he meets historian of magic and master conjuror William Houston who charts the relationship between science and stage magic. First broadcast on The Unseen - A History of the Invisible, 7 June 2016.

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