One brain, two eyes, three-D

Physics Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-10

  Gabrielson, Curt ^a  

^a Exploratorium Teacher Institute   (United States)

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EID: 85006100008     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2344327     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. For an excellent discussion on the perception of size and distance see: David Falk, Dieter Brill, and David Stork, Seeing the Light (Harper and Row, New York, 1986), pp. 207-237
2. Irwin Rock, An Introduction to Perception (Macmillan, New York, 1975), pp. 79-158.
3. Ref. 2, p. 209. There are many things that give your brain clues about distance, one of the most obvious being the other things in the picture you are viewing.
4. H. Richard Crane, "Uncommon uses of the stereoscope," Phys. Teach. 25, 588 (1987);
5. J.G. Ferwerda, The World of 3-D (3-D Book Productions, Borger, The Netherlands, 1990), Chaps. 4 and 5.
6. See: Jearl Walker, "The Amateur Scientist," Sci. Am. 255, 134 (1986);
7. Marguerite Holloway, "Secrets in stereogram," Sci. Am. 272, 31 (1995);
8. Carl Zimmer, "Wallpaper for the mind," Discover 16, 80 (1995). Several other effects resulting from having two eyes are explored in the Snackbook, a book on how to make simple classroom versions of some of the Exploratorium's famous exhibits.