Dimensions
128 x 197 x 20mm
Why does music move us? Why do we crave chocolate? Why do we see in colour? This book is both an exploration of the physical processes underlying our perceptions and an eloquent ode to life. Poet, pilot, naturalist, journalist, essayist and explorer Diane Ackerman takes each of the five senses in turn and weaves together scientific fact with lore, literary allusion and voluptuous description.
