Tompkins Matthew L (25 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 'A spectacular treasury of treats. Page after page of utter joy: I can?t tear my eyes away' - Derren BrownIn The Spectacle of Illusion, professional magician-turned experimental psychologist Dr. Matthew L. Tompkins investigates the arts of deception as practised and popularised by mesmerists, magicians and psychics since the early 18th century. Organised thematically within a broadly chronological trajectory, this compelling book explores how illusions perpetuated by magicians and fraudulent mystics can not only deceive our senses but also teach us about the inner workings of our minds. Indeed, modern scientists are increasingly turning to magic tricks to develop new techniques to examine human perception, memory and belief. Beginning by discussing mesmerism and spiritualism, the book moves on to consider how professional magicians such as John Nevil Maskelyne and Harry Houdini engaged with these movements ? particularly how they set out to challenge and debunk paranormal claims. It also relates the interactions between magicians, mystics and scientists over the past 200 years, and reveals how the researchers who attempted to investigate magical and paranormal phenomena were themselves deceived, and what this can teach us about deception. Highly illustrated throughout with entertaining and bizarre drawings, double-exposure spirit photographs and photographs of spoon-bending from hitherto inaccessible and un-mined archives, including the Wellcome Collection, the Harry Price Library, the Society for Physical Research, and last but not least, the Magic Circle?s closely guarded collection, the book also features newly commissioned photography of planchettes, rapping boards, tilting tables, ectoplasm, automata and illusion boxes. Concluding with a modern-day analysis of the science of magic and illusion, analysing surprisingly weird phenomena such as ideomotor action, sleep paralysis, choice blindness and the psychology of misdirection, this unnerving volume highlights how unreliable our minds can be, and how complicit they can be in the perpetuation of illusions.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 'A spectacular treasury of treats. Page after page of utter joy: I can?t tear my eyes away' - Derren BrownIn The Spectacle of Illusion, professional magician-turned experimental psychologist Dr. Matthew L. Tompkins investigates the arts of deception as practised and popularised by mesmerists, magicians and psychics since the early 18th century. Organised thematically within a broadly chronological trajectory, this compelling book explores how illusions perpetuated by magicians and fraudulent mystics can not only deceive our senses but also teach us about the inner workings of our minds. Indeed, modern scientists are increasingly turning to magic tricks to develop new techniques to examine human perception, memory and belief. Beginning by discussing mesmerism and spiritualism, the book moves on to consider how professional magicians such as John Nevil Maskelyne and Harry Houdini engaged with these movements ? particularly how they set out to challenge and debunk paranormal claims. It also relates the interactions between magicians, mystics and scientists over the past 200 years, and reveals how the researchers who attempted to investigate magical and paranormal phenomena were themselves deceived, and what this can teach us about deception. Highly illustrated throughout with entertaining and bizarre drawings, double-exposure spirit photographs and photographs of spoon-bending from hitherto inaccessible and un-mined archives, including the Wellcome Collection, the Harry Price Library, the Society for Physical Research, and last but not least, the Magic Circle?s closely guarded collection, the book also features newly commissioned photography of planchettes, rapping boards, tilting tables, ectoplasm, automata and illusion boxes. Concluding with a modern-day analysis of the science of magic and illusion, analysing surprisingly weird phenomena such as ideomotor action, sleep paralysis, choice blindness and the psychology of misdirection, this unnerving volume highlights how unreliable our minds can be, and how complicit they can be in the perpetuation of illusions.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

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Hardcover (Printed Boards). Condition: Fine. Reprint. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Games & Magic; ISBN/EAN: 9780500022429. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8913.

Condition: as new. Wie neu/Like new.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2019, 1st edn. 224pp. 534 illustrations. Original decorative boards. Interesting book. Near Fine.

Condition: Gut. Auflage: 01. 224 Seiten aus Ankauf von Privat, in einem guten -gelesenen- Zustand / leichte Lager- und Gebrauchsspuren vorhanden, Ecken und Kanten leicht bestoßen Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 794 24,6 x 2,8 x 17,8 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe.

Condition: New.

Cartoné (tapa dura cartón). Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. 01. Una apasionante investigación sobre las artes practicadas por ilusionistas, magos y médiums desde comienzos del siglo XVIII. Matthew l. Tompkins, mago y psicólogo experimental, expone cómo la destreza manual y el poder de la sugestión han sido capaces de engañar incluso a las mentes de los observadores más cínicos y racionales. LIBRO.…

Condition: New. Idioma/Language: Español. Una apasionante investigación sobre las artes practicadas por ilusionistas, magos y médiums desde comienzos del siglo XVIII. Matthew l. Tompkins, mago y psicólogo experimental, expone cómo la destreza manual y el poder de la sugestión han sido capaces de engañar incluso a las mentes de los observadores más cínicos y racionales. *** Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. No aceptamos pedidos con destino a Ceuta y Melilla.…

Rústica. Condition: Nuevo. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. PX.

Condition: New. 2019. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . .

Condition: NEW.

Condition: New. 2019. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Auflage: 1. 224 Seiten Mit altersbedingten Lager- und Gebrauchsspuren. U-w-62a Sprache: Spanisch Gewicht in Gramm: 843.

1st edition laminated boards Nice copy large octavo 224pp., frontis., colour & b/w plates, text ills., reading list, index, The tricks and props of magic and spiritualism: how magicians and psychics fooled the world & what scientists can learn from them. Professional magician-turned experimental psychologist Dr. Tompkins investigates the arts of deception as practised and popularised by mesmerists, magicians and psychics since the early 18th century. Brilliant read.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Una apasionante investigación sobre las artes practicadas por ilusionistas, magos y médiums desde comienzos del siglo XVIII.Matthew l. Tompkins, mago y psicólogo experimental, expone cómo la destreza manual y el poder de la sugestión han sido capaces de engañar incluso a las mentes de los observadores más cínicos y racionales.…

Condition: New.

CARTONÉ. Condition: NUEVO. 224 pages/páginas.

Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: NUEVO.

Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: NUEVO.

Condition: Gut. Erstauflage, EA. 224 Seiten zahllose Abbildungen, Bildband, guter Zustand Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1052 Gr. 8°, Pappband mit Leinenrücken.