Laws of Seeing
- Paperback
230 pages
- Release Date
21 August 2009
Summary
The first English translation of a classic work in vision science from 1936 by a leading figure in the Gestalt movement, covering topics that continue to be major issues in vision research today.This classic work in vision science, written by a leading figure in Germany’s Gestalt movement in psychology and first published in 1936, addresses topics that remain of major interest to vision researchers today. Wolfgang Metzger’s main argument, drawn from Gestalt theory, is that the objects we perc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262513364 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262513366 |
| Author: | Wolfgang Metzger, Lothar Spillmann |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 230 |
| Release Date: | 21 August 2009 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 10mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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“An excellent book, with a wealth of inspiring demonstrations and insights. Thetranslators must be thanked for making it available to the English-speaking world.” Perception ArniKristj
An excellent book, with a wealth of inspiring demonstrations and insights. The translators must be thanked for making it available to the English-speaking world.
—Arni Kristjánson, PerceptionAbout The Author
Wolfgang Metzger
Wolfgang Metzger (1899-1979) was a central figure in the Gestalt movement within psychology in Germany. He was Director of the Psychological Institute at the University of M nster.Lothar Spillmann, was for many years Professor in the Brain Research Unit at the University of Freiburg, is Visiting Professor at the Herder Foundation, Bonn, and the China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. He edited Wolfgang Metzger’s Laws of Seeing (MIT Press, 2005), another classic work from the Gestalt movement.
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