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Seeing is believing. But what if you simply can't believe your eyes? Dive into another dimension and experience the eye-boggling and brain-twisting extremes of these awesome optical illusions. This mind-bending collection of visual puzzles will amaze your friends, mystify your family and even blow your own mind!
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Discover the variety of ways our brains can trick us, from optical illusions to magicians' masterful use of misdirection to strategies used by con artists. Learn why you can't always trust your brain, so you'll be less likely to be swindled, hoodwinked, or bamboozled.
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With the dynamic interactive Optical Illusions, each time readers turn the page, lift the flaps, or pull the tabs, they'll be confronted with an even more amazing optical illusion! This guide to the world of eye-tricks is fun for the entire family providing new and gasp-inducing moments on each page. Along with the illusions, which include a spinning thaumatrope, a stereoscope, and an entrancing 3D sculpture that "follows" you around the room, readers...
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"Read how famous illusionists fooled their audiences. Then learn how to trick an audience of your own! Follow simple instructions and photos to make cards levitate, coins multiply, and more. Check out all the books in the Super Simple Magic and Illusions series. Soon you'll be mystifying your friends with magic!"--
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"Read how famous illusionists fooled their audiences. Then learn how to trick an audience of your own! Follow simple instructions and photos to read minds, predict choices, and more. Check out all the books in the Super Simple Magic and Illusions series. Soon you'll be mystifying your friends with magic!"--
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Watch out! This book will scramble your eyeballs and boggle your brain with Perplexing Puzzles, Impossible Illusions, Loopy Lines, and more dizzying delights! Sound like fun? Explore the mysteries that lie right inside our own minds (including the key scientific concepts of perspective and perception) and share the magic with your friends and family.
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What concepts are behind the creation of cartoons and the ability toseemingly make a dot on a page disappear? Readers will learn the answers through the ten hands-on activities featured in this intriguingtitle. Each optical illusion is broken down using step-by-stepinstructions paired with helpful illustrations. Accessible text reveals theimportant scientific ideas behind each activity, such as the principles ofhuman vision, perception, and light....