The Science of Magic
June 19, 2024 • EPISODE 227
In this episode, Roger Billings reveals the secrets behind a classic card trick. Discover how science and clever techniques combine to create mind-blowing magic and learn how you can perform your own magical feats!
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Wow I love the card trick! It’s so cool! I’ve heard of it but I’ve never actually done it before!
I love science live!
My Papa got me a small magic trick set with coins and string when I was small, it’s fun to think about the science behind magic itself (especially the fancy tricks like vanishing and bigger illusions!)!
hi Dr.billings if you are reading this I am just saying I love science live.
Hello DR.Billings I really loved your magic
this is cool
A magical video!
My grandpa bought me a magic set but it was so hard to learn from drawn pictures.
I know two card tricks and never thought about how science can explain them
I like playing cards. I really like uno
Those magic shows were so magnificent! I enjoyed the one with the lights!
When I was little, I used to want to be a magician 🎩
No wonder why Roger Billing is so good at magic because he is amazing at science. The science behind magic is mind-blowing. I love watching magic but I never knew that they used so much science to do the magic.
Magic is great
This video was so fun!!!!!
I love magic
Man, I had no idea that Roger Billings could do magic tricks!
science is magic! love this
I LOVE Magic!!!
Does anyone know any cool card magic tricks? I love MAGIC TRICKS SOOOOOO MUCH!!!
I want to see DrB and R-51 say something at the same time
Magic is really hard to do.
Whoa! that is so cool, thankyou so much for this video.
😏😏😏😏french fries no cooked in France it was in grease 😏 so funny🤣🤣🤣🤣
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS AMAZING.
Thanks for showing us how magic card tricks work! This was awesome particularly the writing on the card!
I tried doing magic and I got caught redhanded
Wow this was cool
Wow this was really interesting!
its really cool how magic works
I loved this!
its so fascinating how people came up with all these magic trick ideas
These tricks that you guys have done are really cool. I enjoyed getting to watch it.
The science behind magic was so interesting, I enjoyed learning all about it!
Magic has always been awesome this video taught me a lot!!
LOVED EVERY PART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤🤯
I wish R 51 was in every show and I could do magic like him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loooooooooooved it ❤❤❤
this was such a cool video and dang r51 lifts my spirits and makes me laugh everytime i watch
How does the Saw box trick work?
wow!!! so cool
so ccooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllll how do you get a card deck like you Dr B and pajet mona
This is one of my favorite videos of Science Live. I wish they would make more interesting videos like this!
WOW I LOVE CARDTRICKS🥰💛💖
I Love magic
These are some really cool tricks! I can do some, but not as good as that😀
That is freaky crazy😱
wow
Ms. Pajet is my social emotional health teacher, and I like it so much, I’m almost done with the course
The Magic are incredible why you laugh at you
Wow this is so cool
I love magic!
I love watching people try magic, and Dr. Roger Billings is good at it. It’s really cool to see Miss Pajet as one of his helpers
I looove watching people do magic
The story of Greatbatch’s Pacemaker was very inspiring, and it taught me what perseverance looks like, and how to stay vigilant.
awesome
I really like magic.
😂🤣👁️soooo funny R 51 is so funny and I can’t stop laughing about his magic show😂😂😅😅
That was fun
I love science LIVE it is so cool and fun science rocks
This is awesome, I just got a magic kit for my birthday.
😏The first French fries weren’t cooked in France a they were cooked in greece😏
Nice one.
I knew the basics behind card tricks, but this is still great. I wonder if there are any tricks with lions, that would be awesome🤘. Gracias Dr. B!✌
I love magic
I love magic I think it is really nice
R 51 isn’t the most skilled person tough he might have 30 IQ just saying 😆😅😅😂😂😂😀 but my doctor said I have 79 IQ isn’t that amazing ._.
How did the R51 change the bouncy ball to the 12 ball?
I love magic and science live
did the dog only last 2 years with the pace maker?
With the immersion cooling how often would you have to change the oil
Does the steam from the water cause any air pollution?
🤯Wow that is soooo cool 😎
that was so cool and funny.
Super cool!!
Neat
The magic videos are really cool!
I like connecting magic to the scientific reasoning, I always wonder how crazier magic tricks are preformed.
I Love Magic
😂🤣👁️soooo funny R 51 is so funny and I can’t stop laughing about his magic show😂😂😅😅
The magic tricks are so amazing!
“Keep your eye on 51” 😂
Really cool I wanna learn magic.
Very interesting, especially the Magic tricks and the story of the pace maker
I wonder how many undiscovered magic tricks there are. Technology will probably open the doors to a lot of them.
I think it is so cool when card tricks are explained
This is awesome
I Love the talks about the certain subjects they are very interesting! And even science history.
Magic is very interesting.
wow that is amazing!
i’ll never be able to see magic without thinking of the science behind it
I love this but you should do one with kittens.
I think it’s interesting how magicians use sleight-of-hand and misdirection to come up with really cool tricks.
I love hearing about your tricks and it amazed me that you were a magician! Hope to hear from you soon!
I love this. I am totally going to buy a mirage deck for sure. I came up with a trick with a deck like this one a few days ago when I first saw this video.
I’ve always thought science was magical, but when science and magic actually combines it makes everything 10x more interesting than people think it will be.
OIL COOLING SYSTEM amazing
its so cool when science and magic combine thanks Dr.B. I would love to hear more of your tricks!!
This episode was so fun It was so creative again Thanks Dr B and miss Monet
that was fun
Wow, that’s interesting how science and magic tie together. I would love to hear more about computer water cooling.
Fun watching the magic and discovering some of the secrets behind them
Wow!Roger Billings makes science so interesting! Jesus loves you Dr. Billings!
Now I really wanna go to a magic store and buy everything. It’s so amazingly cool! Thanks for inspiring me Dr.Billings.
wow, crazy cool