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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: BenBella Books (June 8, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1935251767
  • ISBN-13: 978-1935251767
  • Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches
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4.0 out of 5 starsREVIEW: The Vision Revolution
By Daniel Bastian on November 8, 2013
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"Why do we see in color? Why do our eyes face forward? Why do we see illusions? Why are letters shaped the way they are?"

Intriguing riddles such as these often necessitate interdisciplinary brilliance to solve. Theoretical biologist and neuroscientist Mark Changizi has been stockpiling research in these areas for much of the last decade, fixated on some of the fascinating but imperfectly understood precincts of human perception. Not content with asking how our central nervous system functions, Changizi is determined to provide explanations of why its architecture and inter-operative functionality exist as they do. The Vision Revolution, should it withstand the scrutiny of peer review, is a groundbreaking work in vision science that brings forward original research into the evolution of the human visual system.

In the book he pivots between four core ideas, each of which are given mystical titles:

1) Color telepathy: "Color vision was selected for so that we might see emotions and other states on the skin."

2) X-ray vision: "Forward-facing eyes were selected for so we could use X-ray vision in cluttered environments."

3) Future-seeing: "Optical illusions are a consequence of the future-seeing power selected for so that we might perceive the present."

4) Spirit-reading: "Letters culturally evolved into shapes that look like things in nature because nature is what we have evolved to be good at seeing."

Each entrée of this technical collation is truly mind-altering, and it is a joy to tag along as Mark architects the empirical struts of his developmental theses. Let's dive right in.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsA poor choice for Kindle
By ADMurr on September 3, 2013
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Changizi's book is fascinating, but in the Kindle format it's almost unreadable. In black and white, the illustrations of the human eye's unique ability to sense subtle red and blue color shifts make little sense. Plus, the illustrations aren't placed where they help explain the text. Stick with the analog, page turning, color illustrated book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsChangizi is a genius, but this book is not for everyone
By algo41 on July 21, 2009
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Changizi is undoubtedly a genius, and he writes well, being particularly adept at analogies. Still, Changizi is detailing all the evidence for his conclusions, and some of it is not very interesting.

The most unintuitive conclusion is that our eyes have evolved to detect small variations in flesh color. Yet Changizi is very convincing, particularly because of Figures 14 and 15, which show that 2 of our color cones detect almost the same wavelengths, specifically the wavelengths needed for detecting small variations in flesh color! It is not clear whether this adaptation is primarily for detecting illness, or a person's true emotion, but I would have to go with the latter, and therefore this finding supports those evolutionists who emphasize social interaction as a primary driver in human evolution.
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4.0 out of 5 starsInteresting Perspectives on the Eye-Brain System
By George Poirier on August 23, 2010
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How many people take the time to ponder how we humans, and our animal confreres, perceive the world through vision? It seems that theoretical neurobiologists do. Why do we see in colour? Why are our eyes in front of our heads while some animals have theirs on the sides? Why are we tricked into seeing optical illusions in certain pictures? These are some of the questions which the author tries to answer in this fascinating book. His views are certainly new compared to what many of us may have been taught in school. Yet, once the author has presented his arguments and his evidence, one must admit that, in each case, he has a point. Each of the book's four chapters begins with the basics of its subject matter and progresses from there. Arguments are eventually presented as well as supporting data. Finally, detailed theoretical views are formulated which, for me anyway, required more head-scratching.

The writing style is certainly quite authoritative, friendly, generally clear and even rather lively. Regarding accessibility, as noted above, I found the chapters quite readable but becoming progressively more complex near the ends. Overall, I learned quite a bit from this book. I was also quite surprised at much of the information presented. I think that this book can be of much value to anyone with an interest in how the eye-brain system works and why it works the way it does.
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4.0 out of 5 starsInteresting and Understandable
By Chloe Meyer on July 4, 2012
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Overall I found this book to provide an interesting perspective on the evolution of vision without getting overly detailed. I don't have a very good grasp of how the brain and the eyes work together, but I was able to follow along thanks to the author's ability to relate a complex phenomenon to an everyday occurrence. Although most of the information in the book was speculative, I think the author did a good job of supporting his assertions with an organized presentation of his research. The tone for most of the book was very conversational, but occasionally I felt like Changizi went on some tangents that could have been eliminated from the book. The titles of the four chapters were unclear and I kept forgetting what they meant, but thankfully the introduction provided a quick description about what each one meant. I feel like the author included the chapter names to add some personality to the book, but that it would have been better to have excluded them since he does such a great job of putting himself into the book. This book was enjoyable to read with all of the experiments and optical illusions that allow the reader to actively participate while reading; all of the figures were very well done. This book is perfect for anybody curious about vision, even if they don't have a strong scientific background. Since the information content was excellent and only minor things were distracting, I gave this book 4 stars.
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe later chapters about illusions and "Xray vision" are meh and feel...

The first section of the book about color is extremely interesting. The later chapters about illusions and "Xray vision" are meh and feel like a stretch at best.

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Published on August 4, 2014 by B
5.0 out of 5 starsA really fun way to understand our amazing vision system

Changazi uses a lot of humor and science to bring to light how vision enlightens the human experience. He even answers his email..

Published on January 1, 2014 by rhodoguru
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As an avid reader of books about vision, I was compelled to write to Dr. Changizi about The Vision Revolution to thank him for sharing his amazing work. Read more

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Evolution and natural selection arguments in this book regarding binocular vision are interesting and worth considering. Read more

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