A Natural History of the Senses

Ackerman, Diane 1948- (Author).

Summary: Ackerman weaves together scientific fact with lore, history, and description to celebrate our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see.

Item details

ISBN: 0394573358
ISBN: 9780394573359
Physical Description: print
xix, 331 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Random House, 1990.
Copyright: ©1990

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-315) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.

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