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Who
stole the egg from Chiquita our favourite chicken? As you
can see on the 4-piece puzzle in A, there are 8 eggs...
Now if we permute the triangular pieces an egg disappears
along with portion of the puzzle (see B)! Well, this is
a kind of 'vanishing area paradox'...
You
can use the image above in your non-commercial web
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author's info intact and link to
us.
The
Authors
Gianni A. Sarcone and Marie J. Waeber, designers and writers, are specialists
in creative learning. They create and invent educational manipulatives and thinking
games which help teach mathematics, visual and plastic arts. Their maxim is: “be
curious first!” (click here to
get more info about the authors).
The optical
illusion pictures featured in this gallery are extracted from
these wonderful books:
Italy
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