More Optical Illusions (Illusion Works) Book

Following on the popular success of Al Seckel?s first book of Optical Illusions, awarded the American Library Association?s Best Book for Young Adults 2001 (non-fiction category), this second volume More Optical Illusions offers 160 more bewildering images, the majority of which have never been published. Static images that flash and scintillate, color and brightness illusions, impossible figures and objects, and geometric and subjective motion illusions among many others, offer fascinating insights into one of science?s greatest mysteries ? how we think and perceive. Many of the images come from recent discoveries in vision science and contemporary artwork. Brief and up-to-date scientific explanations accompany each effect describing how our minds can misinterpret visual indicators, how pictures change depending on context, and how receptors in the retina can give our brain conflicting information.Read More