Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the UnknownMacmillan, 1 апр. 2010 г. - Всего страниц: 336 Bestselling author Michael Shermer delves into the unknown, from heretical ideas about the boundaries of the universe to Star Trek's lessons about chance and time |
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... figure I.1 . How many squares are there ? The answer most people give upon first glance is 16 ( 4 x 4 ) . Upon fur- ther reflection , most observers note that the entire figure is a square , upping the answer to 17. But wait ! There's ...
Where the Known Meets the Unknown Michael Shermer. Figure 1.1 There are 9 of those , increasing our count total to 26. Look again . Do you see the 3 x 3 squares ? There are 4 of those , producing a final total of 30 . So the answer to a ...
... figure I.2 ? This is an intentionally ambiguous figure where both are equal in per- ceptual strength . Indeed , roughly half see the young woman upon first ... Figure 1.3 Figure 1.2 that creates an eye - brain Introduction || xiii.
Where the Known Meets the Unknown Michael Shermer. Figure 1.3 Figure 1.2 that creates an eye - brain illusion of blinking black - and - white dots . Thus , in the brain , one could make the case that there are 35 black dots that exist as ...
... figure . Can you see why ? All of our experiences have programmed our brains to know that a straight beam of wood in ... figure on a piece of paper , so our sensibili- ties about the three - dimensional world are preserved . How , then ...
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Back Cover | 300 |