Incredible Visual Illusions: You Won't Believe Your Eyes!
Author:   Al Seckel
Publisher:   Arcturus Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781838575748


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   15 July 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Incredible Visual Illusions: You Won't Believe Your Eyes!


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Have your mind blown by this amazing collection of over 180 optical illusions, with explanations of how they work! From Da Vinci's anamorphosis to computer-generated tricks of the eye, Incredible Visual Illusions showcases a stunning selection of full-colour illusions. See images flash and scintillate before your eyes, size and shape lose their meaning and the laws of perspective turned on their heads! Author Al Seckel is a cognitive vision scientist and leading authority on visual illusions. He breaks down the brain process that interprets each of these baffling images and why things may not be as they appear... Find inside: • Illusions in nature • Architectural illusions • Illusions in famous artwork • Any many more!

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Author:   Al Seckel
Publisher:   Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Arcturus
Dimensions:   Width: 22.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   0.864kg
ISBN:  

9781838575748


ISBN 10:   183857574
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   15 July 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: Brightness and Contrast illusions Chapter 2: Scintillating illusions Chapter 3: Twisted Cord illusions Chapter 4: Figure and Ground illusions Chapter 5: Estimation illusions Chapter 6: Colour illusions Chapter 7: Stereo illusions Chapter 8: Relative Motion illusions Chapter 9: Impossible Figures illusions Chapter 10: Shadow illusions Chapter 11: Illusions Involving Perspective Chapter 12: Change in Meaning illusions Chapter 13: Context and Priming illusions Chapter 14: Illusions of Expression Chapter 15: There's an Angle to this Chapter 16: Topsy Turvey illusions Chapter 17: Composite Images Chapter 18: Anamorphoses and Trompe L'oeil Chapter 19: Natural illusions Chapter 20: Architectural illusions

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Al Seckel, of the California Institute of Technology, is a cognitive vision scientist and a leading expert on visual illusions. He has lectured extensively on the subject of illusions at many of the world's most prestigious universities, and he also designs and builds interactive galleries of illusions for science museums around the world. Al is also the President of IllusionWorks, which licenses illusion images and products internationally.

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