Jacobson's Organ: And the Remarkable Nature of Smell
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 shown Jacobson's Organ to be an incredibly influential pheromonal mechanism that feeds the area of the brai…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-33291-9
- EAN: 9780393332919
- Produktnummer: 3268400
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H21.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.5 cm 351 g
- Gewicht: 351
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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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