Tag: Illusion

Free Download The Illusion of Control: A Practical Guide to Avoid Futile Struggles by Wolfgang Linden
English | July 16, 2024 | ISBN: 1538183641 | 248 pages | PDF | 1.57 Mb
"Recommended for readers interested in gaining tools to improve their behavior and the tendency to want control of everything and everyone." -Library Journal

Free Download Crochet Illusion Blankets: 15 patterns for optical illusion crochet blankets, afghans and throws by Helen Smith
English | June 4, 2024 | ISBN: 1446312690 | 128 pages | MOBI | 24 Mb
A collection of eye-catching 3D effect crochet patterns for different sized blankets and throws, that all have an optical illusion effect. These cleverly designed geometric blankets look impressive but are actually simple to make because the designer only uses one technique, intarsia crochet, and simple stitches.

Free Download The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters by Timothy Caulfield
English | January 7th, 2025 | ISBN: 0735245886 | 312 pages | True EPUB | 1.14 MB
In a world where there is so much conflicting information about how we are supposed to live, what can we really know?

Free Download Edwin A. Locke, "The Illusion of Determinism: Why Free Will Is Real and Causal "
English | ISBN: 1543914225 | 2017 | 132 pages | EPUB | 292 KB
Determinism is the doctrine that everything we think, feel, believe, and do is caused by factors outside our control―that we have no choice regarding our character, our thoughts, our actions, our lives. There have been many forms of determinism but the one that is most popular today is based on neuroscience and physics with the enthusiastic support of many psychologists, philosophers, and physical scientists (e. This version argues that we are controlled by our physical brains with the brain being set in motion by environmental factors. The debate continues because many people disagree with determinism and assert that they have, in some form, free will. Determinists insist that such a belief represents "folk psychology," an illusion held by people who are ignorant of what science has allegedly proved.

Free Download Ways of Comprehending : the Grand Illusion and the Essence of Being Human (422 Pages)
by Athanassios Fokas
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1800615132 | 423 pages | True PDF EPUB | 100.63 MB

Free Download The Art of Spatial Illusion; Immersive Encounters between People, Media, and Place
by Richard Koeck
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1138045543 | 294 pages | True PDF EPUB | 62.6 MB

Free Download Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts) (Millennium Edition) by E. H. Gombrich
English | Oct 17, 2023 | ISBN: 9780691252742, 0714817902 | True EPUB | 320 pages | 56.6 MB
A groundbreaking account of perception and art, from one of the twentieth century’s most important art historians

Free Download Boris FX Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5 v17.5.3 | 254.6 Mb
Particle Illusion Pro is a powerful particle generator that gives users instant access to 3D particles. Quickly create photorealistic particle effects to use for motion graphics, visual effects, titles, and lower thirds. Available as a fully functional standalone application and as a plugin part of the Continuum suite of effects.

Free Download Jerry Slocum, "Tricky Optical Illusion Puzzles"
English | ISBN: 0806975679 | 2001 | 96 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The longer you look, the more you get fooled. That’s the excitement of optical illusion puzzles-especially when they are as colorful as these. Coins rearrange themselves. Pictures disappear and reappear. Your eyes are deceived, and you must figure out how; fortunately, your mind is sharper than your gaze. Start looking, get smart, and have fun. Eighty-two puzzles in all.

Free Download Michael A. DiSpezio, "Optical Illusion Experiments"
English | ISBN: 0806966297 | 2001 | 128 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Be a scientist-and a magician-all at once! With just a little practice, you’ll amaze people with fool-the-eye illusions that are also clever science experiments. Even more important, you’ll understand completely how they work, and why things appear to be different than they really are. Using the most ordinary household materials, make a poker chip glow with a ghostlike blur. Shine a flashlight so it leaves a trail of light. Draw shark fins in a book, then watch them swim. Watch as an "X" disappears from a piece of paper. Turn green boxes red, then green again. Or see what else you can do!