James Mcconnachie

An invisibility cloak? You might just be able to see it on the horizon…

A review of Invisible: The Dangerous Lure of the Unseen, by Philip Ball. Scientists and occultists held hands in their quest for the invisible

The dangerous allure of the unseen. Students of the occult are alarmed by their own success in conjuring up the dead [19th- century print/mary evans picture library]

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