“Magic is the engineering of coincidence” Fireballs. Wands. Turning people into frogs. Everyone knows that wizards like Harry Potter are fictional. But is there real magic in the world? These forms of magic all have something in no-one knows why they work. The purpose of this book is to explain (without invoking the supernatural) why they work, taking some of our most successful scientific theories, then weaving them together into a new way of looking at the world. A world where you can engineer coincidence. A world where you can do magic. "A slim but demanding volume" - Prog Magazine "What have you got to lose but your prejudices about what we laughingly call 'reality'?" - Fortean Times