The Science of Illusions
Contributors: Franklin Philip (Translator)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: April 19, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780801437700
Subjects: Neurosciences; Popular science; Perception; Science; Psychology; Science/Mathematics; Cognitive Psychology; Hallucinations and illusions; History; Personality
First sentence: The illusion of always being right.
Description: "Jacques Ninio, an international authority on visual perception, here explores the fascinating world of illusions. His book features a stunning array of illustrations, including many images seldom seen in books on the topic. The art ranges from classical illusions inspired by rainbows, mirages, and other oddities of nature; to figures from seventeenth-century physics texts that Ninio himself unearthed; to spectacular new illustrations in which motion is perceived in fixed images."--BOOK JACKET.