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The Forgotten Sense

The Forgotten Sense The New Science of Smell--and the Extraordinary Power of the Nose

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Hardback (07 Jan 2025)

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"James Nestor's BREATH meets Mary Roach's GULP in a fascinating tour of our most essential sense for perceiving the world around us-and the story of how it became our most neglected. Smelling is one of the most natural things we do. We take over 20,000 breaths a day, interacting with a host of scents with each one. Smell is also one of our most sensitive and refined senses; only dogs surpass our ability to perceive scents in the animal kingdom. Yet, as the millions of people who lost their sense of smell during the COVID-19 pandemic can attest, we too often overlook its role in our overall health. Now, one of the world's leading researchers on smell Jonas Olofsson reveals the fascinating science behind this forgotten sense. Drawing from cutting-edge original research, Olofsson reveals not only that the human sense of smell is extraordinarily sensitive, but how it engages our brain's full capacity. In fact, olfaction begins not in the no

Book information

ISBN: 9780063394674
Publisher: Mariner Books
Imprint: Mariner Books
Pub date:
Edition: First US edition
DEWEY: 612.86
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20241001
Language: English
Weight: 454g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 17mm