Natural History of the Senses (Ackerman)

Author: Diane Ackerman 

ISBN: 9780679735663

Binding: paperback

Section: Nature-Gen

Description: 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. (Literature--Classics & Contemporary)