Optical Illusion Experiments

by DiSpezio, Michael A.; Zweifel, Frances

• ISBN13: 9780806966298
• ISBN10: 0806966297
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-31
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Be a scientist--and a magician--all at once! With just a little practice, you'll amaze people with fool-the-eye illusions that are also clever science experiments. Even more important, you'll understand completely how they work, and why things appear to be different than they really are. Using the most ordinary household materials, make a poker chip glow with a ghostlike blur. Shine a flashlight so it leaves a trail of light. Draw shark fins in a book, then watch them swim. Watch as an "X" disappears from a piece of paper. Turn green boxes red, then green again. Or see what else you can do!

Table of Contents

Before You Begin	5	(2)
Bee Smart/Be Safe	7	(1)
Sticking Around (Illusions of Motion)	8	(34)
Lasting Thoughts
Happy Trails
Fan Trails
Beamer
Light the Candle
More Spun Fun
Shoebox Spinner
Flights of Imagination
Flappin Without a Flipper
Slot Shot
Assemble Your Own Flipbook
Flippin' Fin fun
Stencil the Snail
Twists and Turns
A Cast of Two
Eye Tricks (Hardwired Illusions)	42	(24)
Blind Spot
Where Have All the Colors Gone?
Where Did You Get Those Shades?
Field Trip
More Field Work
Pump Up the Difference
Not Fade Away
Color Code
Pink Pigs
Balancing Act
A Different Spin on Color Perception
Colors in Black & White
Stretching the Truth (Distortions of Length & Size)	66	(19)
Illusionary Lengths
Room for Mistakes
Tracks of the Trade
Adding Arrowheads
Rulers Don'tLie...Right?
Coining an Illusion
More Coinage
Tricky Trapezoids
Tilts, Twists, and Topsy-Turvies (Jumble of Bumble)	85	(17)
A New Slant on Things
Bending In
Warp Speed
Upside Downside
Arch Enemy
Ruler Interference
Setting a Side Aside
Comparing Colors
Imaginary Square
Mosaic Madness
Fantastic Flat-Screen Phantoms (Illusions of Depth)	102	(23)
Dominant View
Come Together
Handy Hole-In-One
Stereo Pairs
Free-Viewing
Two Level Float
Wallpaper
Seeing Red...and Blue
Making Targets
A Smooth Transition
3-D Cube
Index	125