From the Book - First edition.
Smell. The mute sense -- A map of smell -- Of violets and neurons -- The shape of smell -- Buckets of light -- The winter palace of monarchs -- The oceans inside us -- Notions and nations of sweat -- The personality of smell -- Pheromones -- Noses -- Sneezing -- Smell as camouflage -- Roses -- The fallen angel -- Ansomia -- Prodigies of smell -- A famous nose -- An offering to the gods -- Cleopatra's heirs -- Touch. The feeling bubble -- Speaking of touch -- First touches -- What is a touch? -- The code senders -- Hair -- The inner climate -- The skin has eyes -- Adventures in the touch dome -- Animals -- Tattoos -- Pain -- Easing pain -- The point of pain -- Kissing -- The hand -- Professional touchers -- Taboos -- Subliminal touch -- Taste. The social sense -- Food and sex -- The omnivore's picnic -- Of cannibalism and sacred cows -- The bloom of a taste bud -- The ultimate dinner party -- Macabre meals -- The heart of craving --
The psychopharmacology of chocolate
Ginger and other medicines
How to make moose soup in a hole in the ground, or dine in space
Et fugu, Brute? : Food as thrill-seeking
Hearing. The hearing heart
The limits of hearing, the power of sound
Quicksand and whale songs
Vision. The beholder's eye
Why leaves turn color in the fall
Watching a night launch of the space shuttle
The force of an image : ring cycle
From the Book - First Vintage Books edition.
The Winter Palace of Monarchs
Notions and Nations of Sweat
Adventures In the Touch Dome
Of Cannibalism and Sacred Cows
The Ultimate Dinner Party
The Psychopharmacology of Chocolate
Ginger, and Other Medicines
How to Make Moose Soup In a Hole in the Ground, or Dine in Space
Et Fugu, Brute? Food as Thrill-Seeking
The Limits of Hearing, the Power of Sound
Quicksand and Whale Songs
Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall
Watching a Night Launch of the Space Shuttle
The Force of an Image: Ring Cycle