BIG BOOK OF OPTICAL ILLUSIONS


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EYE MAGIC

Over 200 Original Deceptive Artworks & Brain-fooling Images
Gianni Sarcone and Marie-Jo Waeber - All books by this author

Optical illusions are fun to look at and study�and when presented in a book like this one, they make great puzzles for readers to solve. The Big Book of Optical Illusions displays more than 250 eye-foolers, all of them guaranteed to confuse while they also entertain. Optical illusions take many different forms, and this book features the best of them�

Ambiguous and impossible depictions of spatial areas
Hidden objects contained in an illustration
Color and brightness effects
Size and shape misperceptions
The illusion of moving patterns
Image paradoxes.

The authors also discuss the scientific principles behind the illusions and recount their fascinating and very long history. Readers will find a glossary and a gallery of classic illusions. Full color throughout, with illustrations on most pages.

About The Authors:
Gianni Sarcone and Marie-Jo Waeber are co-founders of Archimedes� Laboratory, an Italian-based training and consulting network of game designers, and a source of educational materials involving colors and shapes.
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Paperback / 272 Pages / 9 x 10 / 2006

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