Champions of illusion
Subtitle: the science behind mind-boggling images and mystifying brain puzzles
By: Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik
Contributors: Macknik, Stephen L., author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780374120405; 9780374718398
Subjects: Optical illusions; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience; ART / Digital; GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Optical Illusions
Description: A collection of visual illusions with explanations of the science behind them, gathered from the Best Illusions of the Year contest. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Brightness and contrast illusions; title: Color illusions; title: Size illusions; title: Shape illusions; title: Ambiguous illusions; title: Perspective and depth illusions; title: Motion illusions; title: Impossible illusions; title: Multisensory and nonvisual illusions; title: Attention illusions; title: Appendix : dynamic illusions.