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Cool distortions, a perplexing parallel pattern, afterimages, 3-D foolery, flip-flopping faces, and other optical illusions will “trick” you into seeing what isn’t there. “More complete and informative than most children’s books on the subject, this entertaining, enlightening volume will be helpful for projects and fun for browsing.”—Booklist. “High quality color photographs… simple language…fun to read.”—Mathematics Teacher.
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Optical Illusion Magic: Visual Tricks & Amusements
ZAGGskin Optical Illusion 1 for Apple iPhone 3G/3GS
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Your search for an Apple iPhone 3G/3GS case, skin, or cover is now over. ZAGGskin is an exceptionally stylish and virtually indestructible film that will protect any Cell Phone or Smart Phone from unsightly scratches. Our exclusive, patented film – with nano-memory technology – covers and shields your device, keeping it as pristine as the day you took it out of the box.The precision pre-cut ZAGGskin applies directly to your Apple iPhone 3G/3GS, providing the toughest, most durable protection you will find. The ZAGGskin has its origins in the military, where it was used to protect high-speed helicopter blades from dust, dirt and debris. Now you can use that same powerful technology to protect your Apple iPhone.T… More >>
No-Sweat Science: Optical Illusion Experiments
- ISBN13: 9781402723360
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Kids can be both scientists and magicians—all at once! With just a little practice, and these 50 super experiments, they’ll amaze people with fool-the-eye illusions that also illustrate basic principles of visual perception. They’re amazingly cool, too, featuring tricks of motion; distortions of length and size; tilts, twists, and topsy-turvies that give a new slant on things; and fantastic flat-screen phantoms that play with illusions of depth. … More >>
Optical Illusions: Lucent and the Crash of Telecom
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When Lucent Technologies was spun off from AT&T in 1996, the new company was full of promise. An old-line manufacturer, it quickly became a sizzling hot stock thanks to the emergence of the Internet and the build-up of telecommunications. The stock market was soaring, and Lucent flew with it. Within a few short years it became the sixth-largest corporation in America and the most widely held stock in the country. Yet only months later, Lucent was gasping for life, victim of the greatest stock-market bubble in history. Optical Illusions is the story of a financially sound company steeped in world-class talent, dominant in one of the fastest-growing industries, that in the space of two years found itself downgra… More >>
Dali’s Optical Illusions
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Fascinated with optical effects and visual perception, Salvador Dali created paintings of gripping intensity and astonishing variety. This book focuses on Dali`s use of such pictorial techniques as distorted perspective, double images, and three-dimensional illusions, as well as photographs and holograms, to explore perception, perspective, and the ways that optical illusion affects our sense of reality…. More >>
Optical Illusion Art poster Print – 24×36
- decorate your walls with this brand new poster
- easy to frame and makes a great gift too
- ships quickly and safely in a sturdy protective tube
- measures 24.00 by 36.00 inches
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Optical Illusion (Black or White Spots?) Art poster Print – 24×36… More >>
Optical Illusion Play Pack
- ISBN13: 9781402733383
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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These optical illusions have more magic than any others! That’s because this fun and visually enticing pack gives kids something special: The opportunity to play with the images, not just look at them. It’s created by the much-respected and prolific author Martin Gardner, who wrote the “Mathematical Games” column in Scientific American for more than a quarter of a century. Gardner’s numerous puzzle collections, as well as his expert writing on math and science, have made him a force to be reckoned with in the field. Packaged right inside the book are lots of punch-out cards that will enhance every illusion…plus a vinyl pouch for safely storing the cards afterwards. So when children try to figure out… More >>
The Mighty Big Book of Optical Illusions
- ISBN13: 9780843177916
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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In The Mighty Big Book of Optical Illusions, hungry minds will be stimulated by clever and thought-provoking optical illusions. The Mighty Big Books(tm) are a compact size to fit easily in the hands of readers and the 288 pages guarantee that kids will never get bored. And at this fabulous price you won’t know if this is an optical illusion or a joke!… More >>
More Optical Illusions
- ISBN13: 9781842224878
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
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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 scientif… More >>









