Optical illusions : the science of visual perception
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- ISBN: 9781554071722
- ISBN: 1554071720
- ISBN: 1554071518
- ISBN: 9781554071517
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312 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm - Publisher: Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 2006.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 310) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- Your mind's eye -- Illusions -- What's going on? |
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Subject: | Optical illusions Visual perception |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QP 495 .S45 2006 | 30775305498090 | General Collection | Available | - |
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Optical Illusions : The Science of Visual Perception
Preface Part of the fun of this book will involve being tricked, fooled, and misled. Being fooled has nothing to do with how smart you are, how cultured you are, how artistic you are or how old. You will be tricked. In fact, many of the illusions are so powerful you will doubt the written description. Others are so convincing, you will not know what the illusion is until you read the caption. This volume is by far the most comprehensive collection of illusions ever published. A good number come from recent work in vision and perception laboratories and others come from a variety of modern artists who have deliberately incorporated an illusion into a drawing, photograph, or sculpture. There are also quite a few illusions that have been created specially for this book. I have tried to provide a variety of different perceptual experiences. Many of the illusions in this book appear here for the first time in print. Of course, you will find the familiar classics here too. The chapter "Your Mind's Eye" puts the illusions into a framework of modern understanding. At the back of the book you will find a chapter "What's Going On?" that provides brief scientific explanations of our best guesses for why these effects occur and how they are consistent with the processes that mediate normal perception. There is also a glossary of technical terms that are used throughout the text, a category index so you can compare similar examples of the same type of illusion as well as suggestions for further reading. Excerpted from Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual Perception by Al Seckel All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.