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Puzzles
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Mental Activities
Since 1997
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Illusions &
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Visual
illusions, perception puzzles, cognitive illusions, paradoxes,
galleries...
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Introduzione Introduction Einführung  |
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Optical
illusions:
illusioni ottiche (It), illusions d'optique (Fr), ilusiones ópticas (Sp), optische
Täuschungen (Ger), ilusões de ótica (Por), gezichtsbedrog (Du), optické klamy (Cz), 错视 (Ch), 錯視 (Jap), оптические иллюзии (Ru), אשליות אופטיות (He), خداع بصري (Ar), प्रकाशिक भ्रम (Hi), oculorum
fallaciae (Lat).
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What
you see isn’t always what you get!
Since ancient times, humans have known that immediate perception
is not a reading of physical reality. Vision is the most creative act that a
human being is capable of. Seeing is depicting the world on the living canvas
of our mind. As we depict well only what we really know, our mind is both the
canvas and the artist. In this creative process, the eyes represent nothing other
than a medium with which our mind interprets and reconstructs our near environment.
Some illusions teach us to doubt and to question the many appearances of the
reality - they are a kind of school of life!
What
is "seeing" exactly?
What
is an Optical
Illusions?
Our Philosophy and Goals
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Curiopticals
Mankind has always admired art, and optical illusions are an
early artform. From the earliest, experimental imagery, this book
features all kinds of fascinating optical illusions throughout history.
Reviewed by: The
Sun (UK)
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categories: Puzzles & Tests, Illusions & Paradoxes, Mind & Brain, Oddities & Curiosities.
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using standard tables and some javascript
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