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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Shaw, Barney     Subjects     Olfactometry.     Nose -- Sense organs.     Smell.     Language and smell.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Shaw, Barney       by title:      The smell of fresh r...       by call number:      152.166 S534s     Search the Web     Shaw, Barney     Olfactometry.     Nose -- Sense organs.     Smell.     Language and smell.       MARC Display

The smell of fresh rain : the unexpected pleasures of our most elusive sense / Barney Shaw. by Shaw, Barney Icon Books, Limited, c2017. Call #: 152.166 S534s Subjects Olfactometry.   Nose -- Sense organs.   Smell.   Language and smell. ISBN:  9781785781131 (hc.) Description:  viii, 296 p. ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  An exploration of the hidden complexities of one of our most under-used and misunderstood senses. What do we actually mean when we say that something smells of fresh paint? Or frying bacon? And what does five o clock in the morning smell like? Inspired by an unsettlingly synaesthesic question put to him by his son, Barney Shaw looks into the science of smell: peering behind its sensory nature to discover its complexities, and finding beauty in its processes. Shaw's popular science debut is an investigation into the biology, psychology and history of smell. It's also a search for effective ways to describe the kinds of smell we instantly relate to, but find strangely ineffable, and includes a 200-item thesaurus of succinct descriptions of common smells. Journeying around boatyards, perfume shops and memories, Barney Shaw opens your nose, breaking down the chords of smells into component notes and revealing new ways of understanding the world around us. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 152.166 S534s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Nonfiction 152.166 S534s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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