The Mystery of The Moon Illusion
Exploring Size Perception
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 18 July 2002
- ISBN 9780198508625
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 248x175x21 mm
- Weight 706 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous figures and black and white photographs 0
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Short description:
For thousands of years, one scientific puzzle has fascinated and perplexed the greatest philosophers, mathematicians, physicists, and psychologists - why do the moon and sun appear so much larger on the horizon than when high up in the sky? Exploring the theories from antiquity to now, the 'Mystery of the Moon Illusion' is the definitive book on a mystery that has fascinated and tested the greatest minds throughout the ages.
MoreLong description:
For thousands of years, one scientific puzzle has fascinated and perplexed the greatest philosophers, mathematicians, physicists, and psychologists - why do the moon and sun appear so much larger on the horizon than when high up in the sky? Now, two leading psychologists have provided a compelling account of this fascinating illusion. Taking us through the history, the characters involved, the attempts made to explain the illusion, through to modern day studies of visual perception, the book is the most comprehensive account of this puzzle so far. This is a work which will remain, for some time to come, the definitive book on a mystery that has fascinated and tested the greatest minds throughout the ages.
Accessibly written, it will appeal to readers of popular science, along with those within the disciplines of psychology, mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, from undergraduate upwards.
... very readable ... We have here a good popularization of an interdisciplinary field of science and a glimpse into the fascinating research practice of experimental psychology ... I would recommend this book for students of physics or psychology at college or secondary school. It is also a good addition to classes in history of psychology and supplementary reading for anyone interested in the history of optics or astronomy.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Richard Gregory
Preface
The celestial illusions
The real sizes of the moon and sun
Perceiving size
Measuring the moon illusion
Atmospheric refraction
Aerial perspectives
In the eye of the beholder
The vault of the heavens
So near and yet so far
Sizing up the moon
The angle of regard
A question of balance
Conclusions and conundrums
Epilogue
Appendix: Summary of scientific developments relating to the moon illusion
