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Hoffman, Donald David

 
9780393319675: Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See
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ISBN 10: 0393319679 ISBN 13: 9780393319675
Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2000

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Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman's exploration of the extraordinary creative genius of the mind's eye "has many virtues, of which sheer intellectual excitement is the foremost" (Nature). Hoffman explains that far from being a passive recorder of a preexisting world, the eye actively constructs every aspect of our visual experience. In an informal style replete with illustrations, Hoffman presents the compelling scientific evidence for vision's constructive powers, unveiling a grammar of vision - a set of rules that govern our perception of line, color, form, depth, and motion. Hoffman also describes the loss of these constructive powers in patients such as an artist who can no longer see or dream in color and a man who sees his father as an impostor. Finally, Hoffman explores the spinoffs of visual intelligence in the arts and technology, from film special effects to virtual reality. This is, in sum, "an outstanding example of creative popular science" (Publishers Weekly).

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Book by Donald D Hoffman

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Editore
W W Norton & Co Inc
Data di pubblicazione
2000
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0393319679
ISBN 13 
9780393319675
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
320
Contatto del produttore
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