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Necker cube, the Glossary

The Necker cube is an optical illusion that was first published as a rhomboid in 1832 by Swiss crystallographer Louis Albert Necker.^[1]

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Ambigram

An ambigram is a calligraphic composition of glyphs (letters, numbers, symbols or other shapes) that can yield different meanings depending on the orientation of observation.

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Ambiguity is the type of meaning in which a phrase, statement, or resolution is not explicitly defined, making for several interpretations; others describe it as a concept or statement that has no real reference.

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Binocular rivalry

Binocular rivalry is a phenomenon of visual perception in which perception alternates between different images presented to each eye.

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Blindsight (Watts novel)

Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts, published by Tor Books in 2006.

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Crow T. Robot

Crow The Robot is a fictional character from the American science fiction comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K).

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Crystallography

Crystallography is the branch of science devoted to the study of molecular and crystalline structure and properties.

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Echopraxia (novel)

Echopraxia is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts.

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Human brain

The brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system.

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Impossible cube

The impossible cube or irrational cube is an impossible object invented by M.C. Escher for his print Belvedere. Necker cube and impossible cube are cubes and optical illusions.

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Impossible object

An impossible object (also known as an impossible figure or an undecidable figure) is a type of optical illusion that consists of a two-dimensional figure which is instantly and naturally understood as representing a projection of a three-dimensional object but cannot exist as a solid object. Necker cube and impossible object are optical illusions.

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Louis Albert Necker

Louis Albert Necker de Saussure FRSE MWS FGS (10 April 1786 – 20 November 1861) was a Swiss crystallographer and geographer.

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Map

A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes.

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Multistable perception

Multistable perception (or bistable perception) is a perceptual phenomenon in which an observer experiences an unpredictable sequence of spontaneous subjective changes. Necker cube and Multistable perception are optical illusions.

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Neural network (biology)

A neural network, also called a neuronal network, is an interconnected population of neurons (typically containing multiple neural circuits).

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Optical illusion

In visual perception, an optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is an illusion caused by the visual system and characterized by a visual percept that arguably appears to differ from reality. Necker cube and optical illusion are optical illusions.

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Pareidolia

Pareidolia is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none. Necker cube and Pareidolia are optical illusions.

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Penrose triangle

The Penrose triangle, also known as the Penrose tribar, the impossible tribar, or the impossible triangle, is a triangular impossible object, an optical illusion consisting of an object which can be depicted in a perspective drawing.

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Peter Watts (born January 25, 1958) is a Canadian science fiction author.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (often abbreviated PNAS or PNAS USA) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal.

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Recovery from blindness

Recovery from blindness is the phenomenon of a blind person gaining the ability to see, usually as a result of medical treatment.

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Rhombille tiling

In geometry, the rhombille tiling, also known as tumbling blocks, reversible cubes, or the dice lattice, is a tessellation of identical 60° rhombi on the Euclidean plane.

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Rhomboid

Traditionally, in two-dimensional geometry, a rhomboid is a parallelogram in which adjacent sides are of unequal lengths and angles are non-right angled.

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Robert J. Sawyer

Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian and American science fiction writer.

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Schroeder stairs

Schroeder stairs (Schröder's stairs) is an optical illusion which is a two-dimensional drawing which may be perceived either as a drawing of a staircase leading from left to right downwards or the same staircase only turned upside down, a classical example of perspective reversal in psychology of perception. Necker cube and Schroeder stairs are optical illusions.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Sensory cue

In perceptual psychology, a sensory cue is a statistic or signal that can be extracted from the sensory input by a perceiver, that indicates the state of some property of the world that the perceiver is interested in perceiving.

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Spinning dancer

The Spinning Dancer, also known as the Silhouette Illusion, is a kinetic, bistable, animated optical illusion originally distributed as a GIF animation showing a silhouette of a pirouetting female dancer. Necker cube and Spinning dancer are optical illusions.

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Visual impairment

Visual or vision impairment (VI or VIP) is the partial or total inability of visual perception.

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Wire-frame model

A wire-frame model, also wireframe model, is a visual representation of a three-dimensional (3D) physical object used in 3D computer graphics.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necker_cube

Also known as Necker cube illusion, Necker illusion, Necker's cube, The Necker cube.