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| A Natural History of the Senses | 
| Author: Diane Ackerman
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 24132
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0679735666
Dewey Decimal Number: 152.1
EAN: 9780679735663
ASIN: 0679735666
Publication Date: September 10, 1991
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Sense and Sensibility December 4, 1997
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is an entirely personal response, but this is one of the most important books I've read. For anyone who tries to live actively through their senses, experiencing the world around them and incorporating a sense memory, this book will satisfy powerful, intuitive feelings. It has just enough science to explain and fascinate, the rest is clear, resonant stories of sensual experience. There is a lucid, sincere and powerful feeling of sheer joy about that book, the joy Ackerman finds in her own experience and her pleasure and sharing, but the book never tips into the sentimental.
Popcorn for your brain! June 23, 1997
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A poetic look at the science which surrounds our senses. Terribly fascinating -- as evidenced by the dog eared condition of my copy. Read it, re-read it, and re-re-read it: you will still find something new to intrigue you
Poetic, sensuous and smart reading June 10, 1996
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A page-turner about how our bodies work and why we are the way we are.This is a beautiful gift for someone you love...or for someone you want to fall in love with.
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