Champions of illusion : the science behind mind-boggling images and mystifying brain puzzles / Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik.
By: Martinez-Conde, S. (Susana).
Contributor(s): Macknik, Stephen L.
Publisher: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First edition.Description: 159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780374120405 (hardcover).Subject(s): Optical illusionsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references.
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.
A collection of visual illusions with explanations of the science behind them, gathered from the Best Illusions of the Year contest. --