BlazerCast for February 9, 2010: "There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words," writes author ***. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first of the bestselling books that introduced the magical world of Harry Potter. Now, the University of Alabama at Birmingham's (UAB) Museum of the Health Sciences examines Rowling's inspiration for magic in a traveling exhibit, "Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine," from Jan. 25 to March 5.
The exhibit shows how Rowling delved into the writings of real 15th and 16th century physicians, scholars and scientists to fashion the basis of magic in the seven Potter books.
