The Science Behind the Ghost

PRE OWNED

Author/Editor: Jim Steinmeyer
Publisher: Hahne
Date: 2013
Condition: Excellent

Presents almost as new with only minor wear on covers from noraml shelf wear. Otherwise near fine condition. 89 pages, 8 ½ by 8 ½ inches, fully illustrated with diagrams of the principles and colour hardcover.

Pepper’s Ghost was the remarkable Victorian invention which allowed three-dimensional ghosts to walk onstage with actors. A beautiful new edition of “Two Lectures on Theatrical Illusion,” Jim’s book combines his lectures, “The Science Behind the Ghost” and “Discovering Invisibility.” The book is the only complete history of Pepper’s Ghost, containing the full evolution of this incredible 19th Century invention, diagrams, variation, calculations of sightlines, patent drawings, and photographs. It details the developments from the 1860s to the latest uses of Pepper’s Ghost in Disney theme parks and modern concerts and stage shows.