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The secret of scent: adventures in perfume and the science of smell
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From the Book - 1st U.S. ed.
Nombre noir : how I got into perfume
recipe
How perfumes are composed
What perfumes are not about : memory and sex
What perfumes are about : beauty and intelligence
visit to the perfume museum
Royal fern
Why 'natural' does not always mean good
Why 'chemical' does not always mean bad
Feynman's answer
beginnings of smell : chemical words
Smell becomes perfume : chemical poems
Reading the poem line by line
How molecules are made
problem of nomenclature
landscape of smell
bit of biology
Locks and keys
Who turns the key?
Membrane receptors
Fishing for receptors
Seeing atoms
Evolution as the great locksmith
smell alphabet
primary smells
smell in the mirror
Some strange clues
Malcolm Dyson
His big idea
Molecular chords
smell of rocket fuel in the morning
Robert H. Wright
revival of vibration
Searching for the way it works
New problems
fall of vibration
Mirrors again
Physics to the rescue
Jaklevic and Lambe
Giaever's leap
search for ripples
close brush with smell
Clifton Meloan
John Blaha's observation
Where I come in : the polarograph
Protein semiconductors
perfume guide
Funding from the blue
Revelation in Portugal
Experiments in a locked room
future of fragrance
Potato crisps and other art forms
future tout court.
From the Book
Nombre Noir: How I got into perfume
A recipe
How perfumes are composed
What perfumes are not about: memory and sex
That perfumes are about: beauty and intelligence
A visit to the perfume museum
Royal fern
Why 'natural' does not always mean good
Why 'chemical' does not always mean bad
Feynman's answer
The beginnings of smell: chemical words
Smell becomes perfume: chemical poems
Reading the peom line by line
How molecules are made
A problem of nomenclature
The landscape of smell
A bit of biology
Locks and keys
Who turns the key?
Membrane receptors
Fishing for receptors
Seeing atoms
Evolution as the great locksmith
The smell alphabet
The primary smells
The smell in the mirror
Some strane clues
Malcolm Dyson
His big idea
Molecular chords
The smell of rocket fuel in the morning
Robert H. Wright
The revival of vibration
Searching for the way it works
New problems
The fall of vibrarion
Mirrors again
Physics to the rescue
Jaklevic and Lambe
Giaever's leap
The search for ripples
A close brush with smell
Clifton Meloan
John Blaha's observation
Where I come in: the polarograph
Protein semiconductors
The perfume guide
Funding from the blue
Revelation in Protugal
Experiments in a locked room
The future of fragrance
Potato crisps and other art forms
The future tout court.
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9780061133848
9780061133831
9780061133831
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