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Beau Lotto: Optische Täuschungen zeigen, wie wir sehen

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Beau Lotto's Farbenspiele verblüffen Ihre Sicht, aber sie beleuchten auch, was Sie normaler Weise nicht sehen können: Wie Ihr Gehirn funktioniert. Diese lustige, aus erster Hand kommende Betrachtung Ihres vielseitigen Sehvermögens offenbart, wie Evolution Ihre Auffassung von dem einfärbt, was wirklich da draußen los ist.

Beau Lotto is founder of Lottolab, a hybrid art studio and science lab. With glowing, interactive sculpture -- and old-fashioned peer-reviewed research--he's illuminating the mysteries of the brain's visual system. Full bio »

Translated into German by Sina Thieme
Reviewed by Jens Heyer
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