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What the nose knows : the science of scent in everyday life / Avery Gilbert.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Crown Publishers, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 290 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781400082346
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.8/6 22
LOC classification:
  • QP458 .G55 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Books Books Zetech Library - Mang'u General Stacks Non-fiction QP458 .G55 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Z010990

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.

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