Incredible Visual Illusions
You Won't Believe Your Eyes!
Published on 15. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-83940-771-0 (ISBN)
Description
Incredible Visual Illusions is the most comprehensive and amazing collection of optical illusions ever assembled.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-color 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!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 279 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
1072 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83940-771-0 (9781839407710)
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Person
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.