How to Really Fool Yourself - Illusions for All Your Senses (Paperback, Revised)

Since Martin Gardner's Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers (1969), most optical illusion collections have seemed redundant. But Cobb expands the concept of illusions; discusses them in groups that make her collection more than just one trick after another; includes illusions to fool the senses of touch, taste, sound, and motion as well as ordinary optical ones; and introduces some real sanity-benders kids will want to try on their friends. When you are not discombobulating your senses to demonstrate some scientific principle, you can pick up a list of sound effects and how to create them, or try out Cobb's invitation to "be your own stroboscope," making horizontal bars seem to appear on a TV screen or a rotating black-and-white disc on a turntable seem to stop spinning. What you do is hum a note "around a bass A fiat." A guaranteed mind-spinner. (Kirkus Reviews)

Fans of Vicki Cobb's unique blend of humor, science, and hands-on activities will have tons of fun with How to Really Fool Yourself. Kids won't be able to believe their eyes—not to mention their ears, noses, hands, and tongues! Packed with all-new illustrations and a delightful new design, this book features over 70 activities to fool all five senses. Each illusion is followed by a fascinating "Why You're Fooled" section that explains the science and history behind the "magic."

• Illusions of touch, taste, hearing, smell, and sight include: the Incredible Shrinking Sugar Cube, Flavorless Coffee, Movie-Style Sound Effects, Making Circles from Straight Lines, and many more
• The hardcover edition of How to Really Fool Yourself has sold 90,000 copies
• A Main Selection of the Primary Teachers' Book Club

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1999
First published:	March 1999
Authors:	Vicki Cobb
Dimensions:	233 x 189 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-471-31592-6
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Science > General Books > Children's & Educational > Technology & applied sciences > General Books > Children's & Educational > Leisure interests, hobbies & sport > Natural history & pets > General Books > Children's & Educational > Young children's, early learning & special book types > Special book types > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Young Children's Early Learning & Special Book Types Promotions
LSN:	0-471-31592-3
Barcode:	9780471315926

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