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A natural history of the senses

Divided into five parts, this book takes each of the senses in turn and explores facets and associations of each. The book uses a combination of strange truths and plain facts, exploring the invention of the croissant and why the Empress Josephine wore violet-scented perfume.

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  • "Natural history of the senses"@pl
  • "Natural history of the senses"

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  • "Cultuurhistorische studie naar de werking, functie en rol van onze zintuigen, hun plaats vooral in onze cultuur en in die van het verleden sinds de Oudheid."
  • "Ackerman weaves together scientific fact with lore, history, and description to celebrate our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see."
  • "Divided into five parts, this book takes each of the senses in turn and explores facets and associations of each. The book uses a combination of strange truths and plain facts, exploring the invention of the croissant and why the Empress Josephine wore violet-scented perfume."@en
  • "Ackerman weaves together scientific fact with lore, history, and description to celebrate our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see."@en
  • "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."
  • "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."@en
  • "Senses and sensation."@en

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "History"

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  • "Historia naturalna zmysłów"@pl
  • "Historia naturalna zmysłów"
  • "Sansernes natur"@da
  • "A natural history of the senses"
  • "A natural history of the senses"@en
  • "O naravi čutnega"@sl
  • "感觉的自然史"
  • "Gan jue de zi ran shi"
  • "Natural history of the senses"
  • "Le Livre des sens"
  • "Natural history of the senses"@en
  • "Le livre des sens"
  • "Die schöne Welt der Sinne"
  • "Una Historia natural de los sentidos"
  • "Una historia natural de los sentidos"
  • "Una historia natural de los sentidos"@es
  • "Yullin gamgak"
  • "Reis door het rijk der zinnen : een cultuurgeschiedenis van onze zintuigen"
  • "感觉的自然史 = A natural history of the senses"
  • "Kamgak ŭi pangmurhak"
  • "A Natural history of the senses"
  • "Die schöne Macht der Sinne : eine Kulturgeschichte"
  • "Die schöne Macht der Sinne eine Kulturgeschichte"
  • "Aistien historia"@fi
  • "Gan jue de zi ran shi = A natural history of the senses"
  • "감각의박물학"

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