A Natural History of the Senses

A Natural History of the Senses

Title: A Natural History of the Senses
Author: Diane Ackerman
Release: 1991-09-10
Kind: ebook
Genre: Nature, Books, Science & Nature, Nonfiction, Social Science
Size: 6925810
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.” —The New York Times