Book
On the scent : a journey through the science of smell
Record details
- ISBN: 9780198719052
- ISBN: 0198719051
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Physical Description:
print
xiv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-263) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Subject: | Smell |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | QP 458 .P45 2016 | 30775305516735 | General Collection | Available | - |