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A natural history of the senses / Diane Ackerman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Random House, c1990Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 331 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0394573358 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 152.1 20
LOC classification:
  • BF233 .A24 1990
Online resources:
Contents:
1 Smell. 2 Touch. 3 Taste. 4 Hearing. 5 Vision. 6 Synesthesia
Summary: 'An intriguing, knowledgeable and compelling book on the science, mood, character and geography of the human senses....In exploring the extreme diversity of the human senses and their incredible variegation from culture to culture, Ms. Ackerman manages to reveal just how exceptional, rather than common, human senses are.'
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-315) and index.

1 Smell. 2 Touch. 3 Taste. 4 Hearing. 5 Vision. 6 Synesthesia

'An intriguing, knowledgeable and compelling book on the science, mood, character and geography of the human senses....In exploring the extreme diversity of the human senses and their incredible variegation from culture to culture, Ms. Ackerman manages to reveal just how exceptional, rather than common, human senses are.'

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