On the scent : a journey through the science of smell / Paolo Pelosi.
Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 267 pages : illustrationsISBN:- 9780198719052
- 612.86 Q6
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| 612.84 Q41 The visual (un)conscious and its (dis)contents: | 612.84 Q5 Eye tracking: | 612.84 Q6 Colours and colour vision : | 612.86 Q6 On the scent : | 613 Holistic Helth Care/ | 613 N0 Healthy long life/ | 613 Q2 Choosing health / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-263) and index.
1. Smells and molecules. Molecules in the air : smells in our everyday life -- Smells and molecules : chemical analysis in the nose -- Sniffing our way around : a walk among smells -- The olfactory code : a chemical language -- 2. Messengers of sex and danger. Insect pheromones : fatal attraction -- Mammalian pheromones : smelling ranks and kinship -- 3. Proteins and smells. The biochemistry of olfaction : odorants meet the proteins -- Odorant-binding proteins : a family of versatile molecules -- Receptors and beyond : from odorants to emotions -- 4. At the edge of imagination. Science or magic? : the debate on human pheromones -- Digital olfaction : detecting and reproducing smells -- Conclusion.
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