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80 pp.
| Sterling |
June, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-8069-6641-6$$17.95
(3)
4-6
Page after page of visual images demonstrate how the eye and brain can be confused by tricky perspectives, varicolored patterns, and comparative lines and shapes. Most of the illusions can be appreciated at first glance, though some--including a zootrope and flip book--require the reader to do some photocopying, cutting, and pasting. Scientific explanations for the illusions are provided in this browsable volume. Ind.