Turakian Age meets Terran Empire

[Lord Liaden]

In his "Incarnations of Immortality" modern-day-fantasy series, author Piers Anthony assumed an expanded Grand Unified Field Theory which also accomodated magic.

[The Main Man]

Come to think of it, the recent Disney flick "Sorcerer's Apprentice" briefly explained magic as the manipulation of subatomic vibrations. Or something like that. On a similar note, the main character has a predilection for scientific geekery, which is later explained by Nicolas Cage (and I suppose the script as well) as magic adeptness more or less - the main character has the goods to conduct magic because he is so scientifically minded. Hm...