Книга: Gianni A. Sarcone «Go! Games Optical Illusions»

Go! Games Optical Illusions

Производитель: "Imagine"

What`s real? What`s not? Reality is strange - and seeing isn`t believing. When you look at an optical illusion, your brain tries to fool your eyes and what you expect to find on the page isn`t what`s there. Apart from being both endlessly fascinating and awe-inspiring visually, these illusions also force viewers to go outside their comfort zones, challenge the nature of perception, and think creatively. Their minds have to work overtime to become more flexible. That`s what makes these 240 puzzles, ranging from simple scintillation effects to impossible staircases and concealed creatures, so absolutely addictive. See how Santa `measures up` to his helper; the scale doesn`t seem to be telling the truth! Compare two lines: one seems longer, but can`t that really be true? Look at a triangular sculpture and figure out if it`s `impossible.` Move a picture from side to side and watch it spin. Try to `remove` a magic glass from the plate, count the number of `F`s in a line (but... ISBN:978-1-62354-022-7

Издательство: "Imagine" (2014)

ISBN: 978-1-62354-022-7

Gianni A. Sarcone

Gianni A. Sarcone and Marie-Jo Waeber are writers and authors of columns and articles for newspapers and magazines featuring visual puzzles and math brain teasers. They are contributing editors to 'Focus Giochi' (Italy) and 'Rivista Magia' (Italy). Sarcone and Waeber are also designers and researchers with more than twenty years of experience in the fields of visual creativity, recreational mathematics and educational games. Amongst other notable projects, they created and designed the logo of the International Puzzle Party (IPP), an organization that holds every year (since 1978) puzzle parties in North America, Europe, or Japan.

G. Sarcone is a leading authority on visual perception, he has written and published several educational text books and illustrated books in English, French and Italian on perceptive puzzles and on the mechanism of vision. He is the founder of Archimedes-lab.org a consulting network of experts specializing in improving and developing creativity - for which he has been commended with a long list of accolades and awards, including the Scientific American 2003 Sci/Tech Web Award in MATHEMATICS and received recognition in the U.S.A. from: CNN Headline News, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), NewScientist.com, etc.

He has appeared on several national and international television programs, including 'Rai 3' Italy, 'RTL 9 Channel' France, 'TSR 1 Channel' Switzerland, and 'TVRL Channel' Switzerland.

In 2007, Sarcone was one of the judges at the third "Best Visual Illusion of the Year" contest held in Sarasota, Florida.

External links

* [http://www.archimedes-lab.org Archimedes-lab.org]
* [http://www.focus.it/In_edicola/default.aspx?ide=23806 Focus Giochi]
* [http://www.rivistamagia.it/ Rivista Magia]
* [http://www.puzzleparty.org/ International Puzzle Party]
* [http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/ Best Visual Illusion of the Year]

Источник: Gianni A. Sarcone

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