What the nose knows : the science of scent in everyday life /
Gilbert, Avery N.
What the nose knows : the science of scent in everyday life / Avery Gilbert. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, 2008. - xiii, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-280) and index.
Odors in the mind : making sense of scents--The molecules that matter : the key ingredients of nature's chemistry set--Freaks, geeks, and prodigies : the wide range of olfactory ability--The art of the sniff : how the brain edits what the nose detects--A nose for the mouth : cooking, eating, and evolution--The malevolence of malodor : when bad smells happen to good people--The olfactory imagination : smell and creative genius--Hollywood psychophysics : scent and cinema--Zombies at the mall : leading consumers by the nose--Recovered memories : Proust's soggy madeleine--The smell museum : preserving odors from the past--Our olfactory destiny : the future of smelling.
9781400082346
2007050009
Smell--Popular works.
Odors--Popular works.
QP458 / .G55 2008
612.8/6
What the nose knows : the science of scent in everyday life / Avery Gilbert. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, 2008. - xiii, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-280) and index.
Odors in the mind : making sense of scents--The molecules that matter : the key ingredients of nature's chemistry set--Freaks, geeks, and prodigies : the wide range of olfactory ability--The art of the sniff : how the brain edits what the nose detects--A nose for the mouth : cooking, eating, and evolution--The malevolence of malodor : when bad smells happen to good people--The olfactory imagination : smell and creative genius--Hollywood psychophysics : scent and cinema--Zombies at the mall : leading consumers by the nose--Recovered memories : Proust's soggy madeleine--The smell museum : preserving odors from the past--Our olfactory destiny : the future of smelling.
9781400082346
2007050009
Smell--Popular works.
Odors--Popular works.
QP458 / .G55 2008
612.8/6