Jacobson's Organ: And the Remarkable Nature of Smell
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. So why do we persist in dismissing the nose as a blunt instrument?Smell is our most seductive and provocative sense, invading every domain of our lives. We can identify our relatives, detect the availability of a potential mate, sniff out danger, and distinguish between good and bad food just with our noses. In this surprising and delightful book, Lyall Watson rescues our most unappreciated sense from obscurity. He brings to light new evidence concerning Jacobson's Organ: an anatomical feature discovered high in the nose in 1811 and dismissed for centuries as a vestigial ghost. Yet recent research has s…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-24493-9
- EAN: 9780393244939
- Produktnummer: 34247525
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'922 KB
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Lyall Watson (1939—2008) was a naturalist and the author of over twenty books, including Heaven's Breath and Jacobson's Organ.
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