Champions of illusion : the science behind mind-boggling images and mystifying brain puzzles

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Champions of illusion : the science behind mind-boggling images and mystifying brain puzzles

Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik

Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017

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Summary: A collection of visual illusions with explanations of the science behind them, gathered from the Best Illusions of the Year contest. -- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references

Contents of Works

  • Brightness and contrast illusions
  • Color illusions
  • Size illusions
  • Shape illusions
  • Ambiguous illusions
  • Perspective and depth illusions
  • Motion illusions
  • Impossible illusions
  • Multisensory and nonvisual illusions
  • Attention illusions
  • Appendix : dynamic illusions

Details

  • NCID
    BB30607324
  • ISBN
    • 9780374120405
  • LCCN
    2017002594
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    159 p
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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