Inga Menkhoff

Amazing deceptive images - where seeing is believing

The 140 examples in this book cover a wide variety of illusions, including distortion, motion, afterimages, ambiguous patterns and impossible pictures. The introduction gives an overview of how visual perception works and how it has been used through the ages. The blurbs that accompany the illustrations describe what you are seeing, and why. Both pictures and text are high quality, and it's a fascinating book to look at! Older kids will enjoy it too.