A Natural History of the Senses

By Diane Ackerman
(Vintage, Paperback, 9780679735663, 352pp.)

Publication Date: September 10, 1991

Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook

Categories: Essays, General, Life Sciences - Biology - General

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Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. "Delightful . . . gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in."--The New York Times. (Literature--Classics & Contemporary)

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