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Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"Perception is the foundation of human experience, but few of us understand why we see what we do, much less how. By revealing the startling truths about the brain and its perceptions, [neuroscientist] Beau Lotto shows that the next big innovation is not a new technology: it is a new way of seeing. In his first major book, Lotto draws on over two decades of pioneering research to explain that our brain didn't evolve to see the world accurately. It...
3) Looking down
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
A series of views of one landscape is seen from progressively closer vantage points, beginning in outer space and ending with a view of a ladybug as seen by a kneeling child.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Successful people literally see the world differently. Now an award-winning scientist explains how anyone can leverage this "perception" gap to their advantage. When it comes to setting and meeting goals, we are often susceptible to perceptual illusions: We think we are closer or further away depending on our mindset, and we might handicap ourselves by looking only at the big picture or too long at the fine detail. But as award-winning social psychologist...
Author
Publisher
A Handprint Book, [an imprint of Chronicle Books]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Look and look again . . . at the sense which lets us see: Sight! Award-winning authors and artists Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv achieve a remarkable fusion of a far-reaching scientific and historical exploration of the phenomenon of sight with a philosophic reflection on its nature. A stunning sequence of rich infographics provoke the reader to look . . . learn . . . and think"--
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The art of the past can seem very far away, obscured both by time and by knotty academic theory. Foregrounding the experience of the contemporary viewer, Look Again shows how this need not be the case. Ossian Ward's simple, ten-step programme acts as an aid to looking, breaking down the often obscure strategies of the Old Masters into intuitive categories - from Art as Honesty to Art as Vision. 0Look Again's novel approach is influenced by John Berger's...
10) Color zoo
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die- cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.
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