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The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession

The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession - Paperback

by Chandler Burr
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Availability:In StockContributor:Chandler BurrPublish date:2004-02-10Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375759819ISBN-10:375759816UPC:9780375759819Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, MedicalBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Business, NeuroscienceAward:2003 L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist - Science/Technology AwardSize:8.02 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCZ68ZK2MK
The Emperor of Scent tells of the scientific maverick Luca Turin, a connoisseur and something of an aesthete who wrote a bestselling perfume guide and bandied about an outrageous new theory on the human sense of smell. Drawing on cutting-edge work in biology, chemistry, and physics, Turin used his obsession with perfume and his eerie gift for smell to turn the cloistered worlds of the smell business and science upside down, leading to a solution to the last great mystery of the senses: how the nose works.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375759819ISBN-10:375759816UPC:9780375759819Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, MedicalBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Business, NeuroscienceAward:2003 L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist - Science/Technology AwardSize:8.02 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCZ68ZK2MK
Chandler Burr is the author of A Separate Creation: The Search for the Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation. He has contributed to The Atlantic and has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications.
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

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🏆 2003 L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist - Science/Technology Award

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