Smell: A Very Short Introduction AUTH-7377292 poetic imagination

poetic imagination

Dreamwatch

this volume illustrates the great importance of military history while simultaneously revealing the challenges of applying the past to the present

Author: Ranjot Singh Chahal

"Quite a life

Smell: A Very Short Introduction AUTH-7377292 poetic imaginationOur sense of smell or olfaction as it is technically known is our most enigmatic sense. It can conjure up memories, taking us back to very specific places and emotions, whilst powerful smells can induce strong feelings of hunger or nausea. In the animal kingdom smell can be used to find food, a mate, or a home; to sense danger; and to send and receive complex messages with other members of a species. Yet despite its fundamental importance in our