How to Drive a Car Through a Wall

att Prichard recently drove a LEGO car through a brick wall. It became the in an annual contest organized by the Neural Correlate Society, a nonprofit that promotes scientific research into the basis of cognition and perception in the brain. Prichard, who calls himself a , is a member of the Inner Magic Circle, an elite club for magicians in London. He has a Ph.D. in physics—he studied lasers and optical systems—and teaches science to students of all ages talked to Prichard about his winning illusion and the nature of magic.