An edition of A Natural History of the Senses
(1990)
A natural history of the senses
1st ed.
by Diane Ackerman
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A Natural History of the Senses is a vibrant celebration of our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see. Poet, pilot, naturalist, journalist, essayist, and explorer, Diane Ackerman weaves together scientific fact with lore, history, and voluptuous description. The resulting work is a startling and enchanting account of how human beings experience and savor the world. A Natural History of the Senses is at once an ingenious exploration of the physical processes underlying our perceptions and an eloquent ode to life -- a rare combination of science and poetry. - Jacket flap.
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Human behavior, Manners and customs, Senses and sensation, Sense organs, Mœurs et coutumes, Comportement humain, Waarneming, Sens et sensations, Percepcao (psicologia), Sinne, New York Times reviewed, Psychology, Sensation, Sense Organs, Social Behavior, Percepção (aspectos antropológicos), Sentidos, Social behavior, Behavior, Bf233 .a24 1990, Wl 700 a182 1990, 152.1, 612.8| Edition | Availability |
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Table of Contents
Smell.
The mute sense
A map of smell
Of violets and neurons
The shape of smell
Buckets of light
The winter palace of monarchs
The oceans inside us
Notions and nations of sweat
The personality of smell
Pheromones
Noses
Sneezing
Smell as camouflage
Roses
The fallen angel
Ansomia
Prodigies of smell
A famous nose
An offering to the gods
Cleopatra's heirs
Touch.
The feeling bubble
Speaking of touch
First touches
What is a touch?
The code senders
Hair
The inner climate
The skin has eyes
Adventures in the touch dome
Animals
Tattoos
Pain
Easing pain
The point of pain
Kissing
The hand
Professional touchers
Taboos
Subliminal touch
Taste.
The social sense
Food and sex
The omnivore's picnic
Of cannibalism and sacred cows
The bloom of a taste bud
The ultimate dinner party
Macabre meals
The heart of craving
The psychopharmacology of chocolate
In praise of vanilla
The truth about truffles
Ginger and other medicines
How to make moose soup in a hole in the ground, or dine in space
Et fugu, Brute? : Food as thrill-seeking
Beauty and the beasts
Hearing.
The hearing heart
Phantoms and drapes
Jaguar of sweet laughter
Loud noises
The limits of hearing, the power of sound
Deafness
Quicksand and whale songs
The violin remembers
Music and emotion
Is music a language?
Measure for measure
Cathedrals in sound
Earth calling
Vision.
The beholder's eye
How to watch the sky
Light
Color
Why leaves turn color in the fall
The painter's eye
The face of beauty
Watching a night launch of the space shuttle
The force of an image : ring cycle
The round walls of home
Synesthesia.
Fantasia
Courting the muse
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Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-315) and index.
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First Sentence
"Nothing is more memorable than a smell."
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