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Author
Publisher
The Experiment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An exploration of our subconscious ability to "know" our surroundings even when we can't explain how. Teaches how to cultivate an instinctive knowledge of the natural world through slow observation"--
Readers of master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley have learned that the world is filled with clues to look for-we can use the Big Dipper to tell time, for example, and a budding flower to find south. But what about the innate survival instincts that told...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A journey into the surprising science of the sense of flavor by a veteran New Scientist correspondent outlines narrative principles in neurobiology and modern food production to reveal the broad range of factors that can affect one's appreciation of what we consume.
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
In 'Auditions', Rob Stone proposes a new and transformative view of architecture and sound. He offers a radical rethinking of the inhabitation of architectural space in terms of its acoustic dimensions, presenting a concept of aurality as an active, speculative, yet conditional understanding of the complexity of social spaces. The aural architectures he discusses are assembled from elements of architecture and music -- including works by Ludwig Mies...
31) Haptics
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An accessible, nontechnical overview of active touch sensing, from sensory receptors in the skin to tactile surfaces on flat screen displays."--Page 4 of cover.
32) Taste
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Explores the sense of taste and the body parts used to produce it as well as its relationship to smell.
33) Be still, life
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text encourage the reader to be still, peaceful, and calm inside while imagining using all five senses to experience nature.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"Chapters focused on the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, infrasonic hearing, magnetoception, and electroreception detail how a variety of animals experience the world around them, focusing on how their biological adaptations to specific ecological niches contribute to senses that often seem extraordinary compared to those of humans. The fully illustrated text includes a table of contents, glossary, and index."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Sniff your way into the world of stinky things in this super fun book in a nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read series about all the grossest things! This book will focus on some of the stinkiest things on the planet, like bodily odors, animal smells, and smelly things found in nature"--
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A leading scholar brings religion to its senses by exploring the importance of physical objects and sensory experience in the practice of religion Humans are needy. We need things: objects, keepsakes, knickknacks, bits and pieces, junk and treasure. As Brent Plate argues in A History of Religion in 5 1/2 Objects, exploring the stuff of everyday existence is a fresh window into the way humans have formed religious communities, performed rituals, and...
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