Stories Distilled: The Magicians

IN-PERSON: Let’s meet and talk about the stories presented in the book [The Magicians](https://a.co/d/7JlFQc2) by Marcus Chown. It includes “the spellbinding stories of the scientists whose eureka! breakthroughs in modern physics reveal science’s astonishing predictive power.”

You can start reading a sample [HERE](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z5CSPD2?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_0MV6W6VNK3B2ZBAKY16P&asin=B07Z5CSPD2&revisionId=f642dd7d&format=1&depth=1). However, everyone is welcome whether you have read the book or not.

Please add your ideas for the next selection [HERE](https://forms.gle/k9m9TsTSBFKEmjHy9). We’ll vote on them at this meeting. You can view the candidates [HERE](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1obtqw5MLQU5LCB2O53-_r1cmwwigvPlY-o36UomzzgQ/edit?usp=sharing).

We’ll be meeting at [A Moveable Feast](https://www.amoveablefeast.com/), “the most famous health food store in Texas.” There is ample parking in the the nearby lot.

Come prepared to discuss the ideas in the book and have a good time.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

More about the current selection:

‘One of the best-written books about physics I have ever come across.’
POPULAR SCIENCE
‘Highly entertaining and accessible.’ IRISH TIMES
‘Fascinating, life enhancing entertainment.’ PROSPECT
‘Thoroughly enjoyable . . . Chown has down it again.’ BBC SKY AT NIGHT
The Magicians takes us on a breathtaking, mind-altering tour of the eureka! moments of modern physics. Charting the spellbinding stories of the scientists who predicted and discovered the existence of unknown planets, black holes, invisible force fields, ripples in the fabric of space-time, unsuspected subatomic particles and even antimatter, Marcus Chown reveals science’s greatest mystery: its astonishing predictive power.