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Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual Perception

by Al Seckel

A visual puzzle collection with explanations

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A visual puzzle collection with explanations

More than 275 illusions bring together familiar examples—including the Ames room and Rubin’s face/vase—with less widely known images. The collection spans shifting figure-and-ground images, ambiguous figures, impossible objects, trompe l’oeil and stereo illusions, using photography, artwork and computer imaging. Notes accompany the images to explain the science of visual perception and how each effect works, linking the act of looking with questions about how the eye and mind interpret what they see. The mix of visual formats and illusion types makes the book both a browsable gallery and an introduction to the mechanisms behind perceptual tricks.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • People who enjoy visual puzzles and brain teasers
  • Readers curious about visual perception and the science behind optical illusions
  • Those interested in examples presented through photography, artwork and computer imaging

Themes

Optical illusionsVisual perceptionFigure and groundAmbiguous imagesPerception and interpretation

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Book overview

This intriguing collection contains more than 275 optical illusions that appear to change before your eyes. Al Seckel carefully selected both well-known images, such as Shepard's tabletop, Wade's spiral, Ames room and Rubin's face/vase, and many lesser-known, but no less effective, illusions.

Every type of optical illusion is here, along with notes about the science of each visual perception and how the illusions work. Among the baffling images and shapes are:

  • Figure/ground illusions, in which one shape switches into another then back again
  • Ambiguous figures
  • Impossible objects
  • Trompe l'oeil
  • Stereo illusions.

    • With illusions rendered in photography, artwork and computer imaging, and a huge variety of themes and effects, Optical Illusions dazzles both the mind and the eye.

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