On the scent
Subtitle: a journey through the science of smell
By: Paolo Pelosi
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780198719052
Subjects: Smell
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Smells and molecules. Molecules in the air : smells in our everyday life; title: Smells and molecules : chemical analysis in the nose; title: Sniffing our way around : a walk among smells; title: The olfactory code : a chemical language; title: 2. Messengers of sex and danger. Insect pheromones : fatal attraction; title: Mammalian pheromones : smelling ranks and kinship; title: 3. Proteins and smells. The biochemistry of olfaction : odorants meet the proteins; title: Odorant-binding proteins : a family of versatile molecules; title: Receptors and beyond : from odorants to emotions; title: 4. At the edge of imagination. Science or magic? : the debate on human pheromones; title: Digital olfaction : detecting and reproducing smells; title: Conclusion.