New Book of Optical Illusions - Softcover

Ruschemeyer, Georg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770855920 ISBN 13: 9781770855922

Verlag: Firefly Books Ltd, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

The New Book of Optical Illusions is a mind-bending collection of 150 of the most significant optical phenomena, loosely grouped into 33 chapters according to particular visual effect

An optical illusion has two elements One is the perceived illusion, what you see It may be merging lines, moving shapes or conflicting sizes The other element is the scientific explanation or neuronal basis of the illusion Here enters The New Book of Optical Illusions, which describes the latter--the science of an optical illusion

Concise text describes the history of the optical illusions and their origin Some are ancient (like a 3D Roman mosaic in a 2nd-century BC home on Malta) and others are modern (like emoticons and street art) There are rarely seen phenomena, works by great illusionists, like M C Escher, and well-known illusions like the Impossible Triangle and the Albert Einstein/Marilyn Monroe portrait

Some of the illusions are:

• Seeing Things That Are Not There -- Discovered on a BBC studio wall in the 1950s, this illusion involves shadows that seem to flit up and down along columns of stripes Apparently the number of identical lines causes the brain to lose proper focus on what it is seeing
• Flashes from the Corner of the Eye -- The Scintillating Grid is a variation of the classic Hermann Grid first described in 1870 In this illusion, circles in an intersecting grid disappear and reappear elsewhere It is a complex effect rooted in lateral inhibition, which increases the contrast between light and dark in the retina

Perfect for young and adult readers and enthusiasts of optical illusions, this is a great selection for circulating collections and retail customers

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Georg Ruschemeyer is a freelance journalist He studied biology in Germany and at the University of Colorado He is now working for leading German magazines, including GEO, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Zeitung, and others He lives in England

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Firefly Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1770855920
• ISBN 13: 9781770855922
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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