Seeing Black and White

Name: Seeing Black and White
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ISBN: 9780195187168

ISBN-10: 0195187164

ISBN-13: 9780195187168

Edition: 2006

Authors: Alan Gilchrist

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Most people are surprised to learn that seeing has not yet been explained by science. Incredibly, scientists cannot even explain why some surfaces appear to be black while others appear to be white. The physical difference between a surface that appears to be black and one that appears to be white results from the percentage ot light that the object reflects, known as reflectance. A white surface reflects 30 times more light into the eye than a black surface. The amount of light reflected by a surface into the eye is, however, a product of more than its own reflectance; it is also a product of the intensity of illumination it receives. A sheet of white paper lying within a shadow can easily…

Book details

List price: $145.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/8/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.30" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Foreword




Introduction



The Classic Period



The Katz Period



The Gestalt Period



The Contrast Period



The Computational Period



Computational Models



Illumination Perception



The Anchoring Problem



Errors in Lightness



An Anchoring Model of Errors



Theories of Lightness



Concluding Thoughts


Glossary


Notes


References


Author Index


Subject Index