Optical Illusions by Al Seckel

Optical Illusions by Al Seckel

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:

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.

Al Seckel, a cognitive vision scientist at the California Institute of Technology, is a major authority on visual illusions. He has given numerous lectures on the subject of illusions at some of the world's most famous colleges, and he creates interactive illusion galleries for scientific museums all around the world. He's also the CEO of IllusionWorks, a company that licenses illusion pictures and goods all over the world.