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89043416 |
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0394573358 |
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9780394573359 |
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DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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| 050 #0 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
BF233 |
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.A24 1990 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ackerman, Diane, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1948- |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A natural history of the senses / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Diane Ackerman. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Random House, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c1990. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xix, 331 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-315) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Smell. The mute sense -- A map of smell -- Of violets and neurons -- The shape of smell -- Buckets of light -- The winter palace of monarchs -- The oceans inside us -- Notions and nations of sweat -- The personality of smell -- Pheromones -- Noses -- Sneezing -- Smell as camouflage -- Roses -- The fallen angel -- Ansomia -- Prodigies of smell -- A famous nose -- An offering to the gods -- Cleopatra's heirs -- Touch. The feeling bubble -- Speaking of touch -- First touches -- What is a touch? -- The code senders -- Hair -- The inner climate -- The skin has eyes -- Adventures in the touch dome -- Animals -- Tattoos -- Pain -- Easing pain -- The point of pain -- Kissing -- The hand -- Professional touchers -- Taboos -- Subliminal touch -- Taste. The social sense -- Food and sex -- The omnivore's picnic -- Of cannibalism and sacred cows -- The bloom of a taste bud -- The ultimate dinner party -- Macabre meals -- The heart of craving. |
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The psychopharmacology of chocolate -- In praise of vanilla -- The truth about truffles -- Ginger and other medicines -- How to make moose soup in a hole in the ground, or dine in space -- Et fugu, Brute? : Food as thrill-seeking -- Beauty and the beasts -- Hearing. The hearing heart -- Phantoms and drapes -- Jaguar of sweet laughter -- Loud noises -- The limits of hearing, the power of sound -- Deafness -- Animals -- Quicksand and whale songs -- The violin remembers -- Music and emotion -- Is music a language? -- Measure for measure -- Cathedrals in sound -- Earth calling -- Vision. The beholder's eye -- How to watch the sky -- Light -- Color -- Why leaves turn color in the fall -- Animals -- The painter's eye -- The face of beauty -- Watching a night launch of the space shuttle -- The force of an image : ring cycle -- The round walls of home -- Synesthesia. Fantasia -- Courting the muse -- Postscript. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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Ackerman weaves together scientific fact with lore, history, and description to celebrate our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Human behavior. |
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Manners and customs. |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Sensation. |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Sense Organs. |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Senses and sensation. |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Social Behavior. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Relationship information |
Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
Ackerman, Diane, 1948- |
| Title |
Natural history of the senses. |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Random House, c1990 |
| Record control number |
(OCoLC)643728268. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
Book |