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Astounding Optical Illusions - Softcover

Katherine Joyce

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Synopsis

This text contains close to 100 optical illusions, from picture puzzles with hidden objects to shadow puppets.

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Gr. 5-7. Books about optical illusions are always popular, and Joyce includes not only interesting optical designs and explanations of how the eyes and brain perceive them, but also information on visual aberrations readers may not automatically associate with illusions--for example, mirages and hidden pictures (some hidden pictures, taken from old texts, require the book to be flipped all around). The explanations are clear and concise, as are the illustrations, a few of which are distinctly unsettling and can make a reader feel seasick. Joyce suggests viewing these through an "artificial pupil," which really does help. An entertaining, informative book. Chris Sherman

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