Title:
Champions of illusion : the science behind mind-boggling images and mystifying brain puzzles / Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik.
Author:
Martinez-Conde, S. (Susana), author.
Macknik, Stephen L., author.
Publication Information:
New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
Call Number:
QP495 .M37 2017
Abstract:
A collection of visual illusions with explanations of the science behind them, gathered from the Best Illusions of the Year contest. -- Provided by publisher.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780374120405
Physical Description:
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- 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.
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