The Spectacle Of Illusion: Magic Paranormal Complicity Mind Wellcome Collection Thames Hudson Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Theatre Studies

\ A Spectacular Treasury Of Treats Page After Utter Joy: I Can’t Tear My Eyes Away\ - Derren Brownin The Spectacle Illusion Professional Magician-Turned Experimental Psychologist Dr Matthew L Tompkins Investigates Arts Deception As Practised And Popularised By Mesmerists Magicians Psychics Since Early 18Th Century Organised Thematically Within Broadly Chronological Trajectory This Compelling Book Explores How Illusions Perpetuated Fraudulent Mystics Can Not Only Deceive Our Senses But Also Teach Us About Inner Workings Minds Indeed Modern Scientists Are Increasingly Turning To Magic Tricks Develop New Techniques Examine Human Perception Memory Belief Beginning Discussing Mesmerism Spiritualism Moves On Consider Such John Nevil Maskelyne Harry Houdini Engaged With These Movements – Particularly They Set Out Challenge Debunk Paranormal Claims It Relates Interactions Between Over Past 200 Years Reveals Researchers Who Attempted Investigate Magical Phenomena Were Themselves Deceived What Highly Illustrated Throughout Entertaining Bizarre Drawings Double-Exposure Spirit Photographs Spoon-Bending From Hitherto Inaccessible Un-Mined Archives Including Wellcome Collection Price Library Society For Physical Research Last Least Circle’s Closely Guarded Features Newly Commissioned Photography Planchettes Rapping Boards Tilting Tables Ectoplasm Automata Boxes Concluding Modern-Day Analysis Science Analysing Surprisingly Weird Ideomotor Action Sleep Paralysis Choice Blindness Psychology Misdirection Unnerving Volume Highlights Unreliable Be Complicit In Perpetuation Σελίδες: 224 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0401 Διαστάσεις: 17X17Cm