Highfield is a respected science journalist who illustrates how magic and science are actually not such strange bedfellows. In fact, they are deeply intertwined in the Harry Potter books. Highfield trains his eye on dragons, broomsticks and other oddities. He explores the archeology of witchcraft, tracing the origin and uses of wands and cauldrons as revealed at ancient European dig sites. This book is as enlightening as it is delightful. Perhaps there is magic in the making in our own little muggle world.