Full name: The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell

Author: Luca Turin Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780061133831 9780061133848 0061133833 0061133841 0571215386

The Secret of Scent is a book about science by way of art, in which the author's passion for perfume leads him to the scientific mystery of what makes one molecule smell of garlic while another smells of rose. Readers who know Luca Turin as the lively central figure in Chandler Burr's The Emperor of Scent will remember the ongoing debate between two competing theories of smell-one based on molecular shape, the other on molecular vibrations. Now Turin himself describes in detail the science, evidence, and long history of this debate, from the beginnings of organic chemistry to the present day, and pays homage to those before him who got it right. This fascinating and accessible account will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered about smell, still the most mysterious of the senses. Similar books: The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets This Phenomenal Life by Misha Blaise Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer Knocking on Heaven's Door by Katy Butler The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations by Daniel Fleisch Gravitation by Charles W. Misner Six Not-So-Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem Molecular Biology of the Cell by Bruce Alberts Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World by Paul Stamets Undeniable by Bill Nye How to Solve It by George Polya Journey to the Ants by Bert Holldobler The Cloud Collector's Handbook by Gavin Pretor-Pinney