Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See - Couverture souple

Hoffman, Donald

 
9780393319675: Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0393319679 ISBN 13 : 9780393319675
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2000

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

Donald Hoffman is professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine. His writing has appeared in Scientific American and Edge, and his work has been featured in the Atlantic, Wired, and Quanta. He resides in Irvine, California.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393319679
ISBN 13 
9780393319675
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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