The Oxford compendium of visual illusions
Visual illusions are compelling phenomena that draw attention to the brain's capacity to construct our perceptual world. The Compendium is a collection of over 100 chapters on visual illusions, written by the illusion creators or by vision scientists who have investigated mechan…
The Oxford compendium of visual illusions
Visual illusions are compelling phenomena that draw attention to the brain's capacity to construct our perceptual world. This collection includes over 100 chapters on visual illusions, written by the illusions' creators and vision scientists who have investigated mechanisms unde…
Part Section I History Guiding the Future, the Ibn al-Haytham Legacy -- chapter 1 Ibn al-Haytham's Scientic Research Programme -- chapter 2 Light and Vision before Ibn al-Haytham: The Perspective of Islamic Theology -- chapter 3 From the Reasons of Light to the Lights of Reason:…
This one-of-a-kind book presents many of the mathematical concepts, structures, and techniques used in the study of rays, waves, and scattering. Panoramic in scope, it includes discussions of how ocean waves are refracted around islands and underwater ridges, how seismic waves a…
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