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The smell of fresh rain : the unexpected pleasures of our most elusive sense

Shaw, Barney2018
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Smell is the most emotional and evocative of our senses: it can bring back memories faster and with more immediacy than a photograph - so why is it so little understood? Armed with a hungry curiosity and a willingness to self-experiment, author Barney Shaw goes in search of the hidden meanings of smells. Using plain words to describe what he finds, he investigates the chemistry, psychology, history and future of this underappreciated sense.
Author:
Shaw, Barney, author
Imprint:
London : Icon, 2018.
Collation:
viii, 294 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781785783418 (pbk)
Dewey class:
152.166
LC class:
BF271
Local class:
152.166
Language:
English
BRN:
2203313
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