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Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual Perception by Al Seckel. Firefly Books, Inc., Buffalo, NY, U.S.A. 312 pp. ISBN: 1-55407-151-8

Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual Perception by Al Seckel. Firefly Books, Inc., Buffalo,... Leonardo Reviews LEONARDO R EVIEWS Editor-in-Chief: Michael Punt Managing Editor: Bryony Dalefield Associate Editor: Robert Pepperell A full selection of reviews is published monthly on the LR web site: . BOOKS WATER SOUND IMAGES: THE CREATIVE MUSIC OF THE UNIVERSE by Alexander Lauterwasser. Gunter Maria Zielke, trans. MACROmedia Publishing, Newmarket, NH, 2006. 176 pp., illus. Trade. ISBN: 978-1888138-09-2. Reviewed by Rob Harle, Australia. E-mail: . Water Sound Images: The Creative Music of the Universe is a visually stunning book. The graphic layout and design are superb, with hundreds of full-color illustrations to complement the text. Lauterwasser has drawn heavily on the work of Ernst Chladni and Hans Jenny, both to produce this body of work and as a basis of his own extensive research. This research involves “projecting audible sound frequencies into small samples of water” so that “delicate patterns emerge, whose structures mirror those found throughout the natural world.” Sound may also be used to excite a metal plate; as the frequency increases, so too does the complexity of the sound images. Figure 37 (pp. 44–45) features a series of over 200 small images; their complexity and beauty is quite astonishing. The book includes an introduction, epilogue, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Leonardo MIT Press

Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual Perception by Al Seckel. Firefly Books, Inc., Buffalo, NY, U.S.A. 312 pp. ISBN: 1-55407-151-8

Leonardo , Volume 41 (1) – Feb 1, 2008

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Publisher
MIT Press
Copyright
© 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Subject
Leonardo Reviews; Books
ISSN
0024-094X
eISSN
1530-9282
DOI
10.1162/leon.2008.41.1.78a
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Leonardo Reviews LEONARDO R EVIEWS Editor-in-Chief: Michael Punt Managing Editor: Bryony Dalefield Associate Editor: Robert Pepperell A full selection of reviews is published monthly on the LR web site: . BOOKS WATER SOUND IMAGES: THE CREATIVE MUSIC OF THE UNIVERSE by Alexander Lauterwasser. Gunter Maria Zielke, trans. MACROmedia Publishing, Newmarket, NH, 2006. 176 pp., illus. Trade. ISBN: 978-1888138-09-2. Reviewed by Rob Harle, Australia. E-mail: . Water Sound Images: The Creative Music of the Universe is a visually stunning book. The graphic layout and design are superb, with hundreds of full-color illustrations to complement the text. Lauterwasser has drawn heavily on the work of Ernst Chladni and Hans Jenny, both to produce this body of work and as a basis of his own extensive research. This research involves “projecting audible sound frequencies into small samples of water” so that “delicate patterns emerge, whose structures mirror those found throughout the natural world.” Sound may also be used to excite a metal plate; as the frequency increases, so too does the complexity of the sound images. Figure 37 (pp. 44–45) features a series of over 200 small images; their complexity and beauty is quite astonishing. The book includes an introduction, epilogue,

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