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A witty and passionate deep-dive into the contentious scientific mysteries behind the world's most evocative sense. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Secret of Scent.
- intellectually stimulating
- curious
- fascinated
- 01
The Secret Lives Of Colour
Kassia St. Clair
A kaleidoscopic journey through history that transforms the way you see the everyday world.
- 02
A Natural History of the Senses
Diane Ackerman · 1990
A lush, poetic awakening to the everyday miracles of human perception and the physical world.
- 03
Napoleon's Buttons
Penny LeCouteur and Jay Burreson
A fascinating, perspective-shifting journey that reveals the invisible chemical scaffolding holding up human history.
- 04
Jitterbug Perfume
Outlet
A wild, philosophical romp through time that smells of earth, magic, and the secret essence of the universe.
- 05
The Alchemy of Air
Thomas Hager · 2008
A gripping, tragic narrative history about the brilliant minds who pulled bread from the air and inadvertently unleashed a century of unprecedented destruction.
- 06
The Disappearing Spoon
Sam Kean
A delightfully quirky romp through the periodic table that reveals the eccentricities, obsessions, and scandals behind the building blocks of our universe.
- 07
Uncle Tungsten
Oliver Sacks · 2001
A luminous memoir of a boy finding refuge from wartime trauma in the explosive, orderly magic of chemistry.
- 08
Stuff Matters
Mark Miodownik
A joyful, eye-opening tour through the hidden miracles of the everyday objects we touch, use, and ignore.
- 09
Science of Attraction
Patrick King
A pragmatic, science-backed toolkit for decoding the mysteries of human chemistry and romantic connection.
- 10
The Dirt on Clean
Katherine Ashenburg · 2007
A fascinating, unsanitized tour through the surprising history of human hygiene and the shifting cultural anxieties hidden behind a bar of soap.
- 11
History Of Beauty
Umberto Eco · 2004
A lavish, intellectual stroll through the galleries of human history, guided by a master philosopher.
- 12
Molecules of emotion
Candace B. Pert · 1997
A passionate, paradigm-shifting journey into the microscopic architecture of human feeling.
