In 1994 Thomas Fraps acquired his diploma in physics at the LMU, but then decided to leave the laws of nature behind and turned his passion into a profession. For over 20 years now he has been entertaining and astonishing audiences worldwide, either as a magician or as a false guest speaker, performing - among other events - at a supercomputer conference in San Diego, the Magic Castle in Los Angeles, at a cardiologist-meeting in Beirut, or at the opening of a sewage sludge incinerator in Schongau, Bavaria. In 2005 he was the first and only professional magician featured in the scientific journal "Nature" and since 2009 he also collaborates with brain researchers in London and Munich. He is the co-founder of the annual magic festival "The Munich Magic Weeks" and author of numerous articles on the psychological and technical aspects of magic. What he enjoys and thrives most at however, is to amaze audiences live on stage, with his unique blend of adrenaline, dopamine and Merlin!
