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Pages: 292
Authors: Paul Auster
Categories: Absence and presumption of death
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Macmillan

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A man's obsession with a silent-film star sends him on a journey into a shadow world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love Six months after losing his wife an
The Science of Illusions
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Jacques Ninio
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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A specialist in visual perception, Ninio (Centre National des Recherches Scientifiques, Paris) presents many classic and new illusions, explains the underlying
The Ultimate Book of Optical Illusions
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Al Seckel
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

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Contains color and black-and-white illustrations of over three hundred optical illusions, each with brief, explanatory text.
The Illusion of Conscious Will
Language: en
Pages: 725
Authors: Daniel M. Wegner
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-08-11 - Publisher: MIT Press

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A novel contribution to the age-old debate about free will versus determinism. Do we consciously cause our actions, or do they happen to us? Philosophers, psych
Champions of Illusion
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Susana Martinez-Conde
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-24 - Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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A collection of visual illusions with explanations of the science behind them, gathered from the Best Illusions of the Year contest. --