Adam's Nose, and the Making of Humankind - Rilegato

MICHAEL STODDART

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ISBN 10: 1783265175 ISBN 13: 9781783265176

Casa editrice: Imperial College Pr, 2015

Riassunto

This book is about the evolution of the sense of smell, from its bacterial origin 3.4 billion years ago, to today's modern, sophisticated humans with an insatiable appetite for perfumes and fragrances. It explains how smell works and how animals sense the environment. The relationship between sex and smell drives much of animal behaviour, and the significance of the human loss of the vomeronasal organ a part of the sense of smell in animals that responds to sex smells is identified as a seminal event in the making of humankind.Humans are far more than animals, however, and Adam's Nose explores incense and perfumes, as well as the odour imagery in art, literature and poetry. It is written for readers interested in what makes us human, and does not presuppose a high level of scientific understanding. The text is comprehensive and provided with key references to the relevant scientific literature. The book will appeal to scientists and students in a range of biological disciplines, including human evolution, anthropology, olfactory communication, animal behaviour, perfumery and aromatherapy.

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This timely book addresses a 'biological' approach distinguishing itself from the more common 'toxicological' way to view the chemicals in our environment that affect development and adult behavior, making it especially relevant to those studying endocrine disruptors. --John G Vandenbergh, North Carolina State University, USA

This book is an acquisition of interest for any collection supporting comparative evolutionary study. --CHOICE Connect

Thanks to Stoddart's good story telling, this book is fun to read, filled with good humor, sometimes hilarious, but always with the goal to keep up the reader's enthusiasm and ambition to get an understanding of the scientific subject, and as such is a witness of Micheal Stoddart's life-long experience as scientist and lecturer in the field. --Chemical Senses

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Imperial College Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1783265175
• ISBN 13: 9781783265176
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 282
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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