Secret of Scent
by Luca Turin
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Author: Luca TurinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-17
ISBN: 0571215386
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Book Review: Fun and Furious
Summary: 5 Stars
The most fun you can have with chemistry without blowing up the lab!
A natural writer, Turin is both a genius scenteur and scientist. His theory makes complete sense (no pun intended) despite the opposition from entrenched adversaries in the field.
Endows the reader with the vicarious excitement of iconoclastic discovery while honestly acknowledging the frustration of presenting it to the politics of peer-review for publication.
Yet it is a breezy read, hilarious in parts, and completely entertaining! Highly recommended!
Summary of Secret of Scent
Funny, irreverent and passionate, "The Secret of Scent" opens the lid on two worlds - the glamorous and highly lucrative realm of the perfume makers, and the equally rivalrous domain of smell science. Smell is our forgotten sense. Long neglected by science in favour of more prestigious areas of research, it's also barely understood in general life. At the core of our sense of smell lies an enigma: why do things smell the way they do? How is smell written into the molecules? This book is the story of the quest to solve this puzzle.Business Books
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