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In 2016, scientists proved that humans could see light at the level of a single photon. We are living in historic times when humans may look at the very fabric of the universe in a laboratory setting. Around the world, other recent discoveries about the senses are just as astounding. It turns out we can hear amplitudes smaller than an atom, smell a trillion scents, have a set of taste buds that can discern molecules of fresh water, and can feel through...
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Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. Delightful - gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in.
13) Hear this!
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QEB
Pub. Date
c2005.
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English
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Explains the sense of hearing and how the ears work as sense organs.
16) Look here!
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QEB
Pub. Date
c2005.
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English
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Provides information on the sense of sight.
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For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she'd been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She'd spent so much time stuck in her head that she'd allowed the vital sensations of life to slip away, unnoticed. This epiphany lifted her from a state of foggy preoccupation into a world rediscovered by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting,...
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1994.
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Español
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Un libro conceptual temprano del autor de Eating Fractions ayuda a los niños a decidir si deben ver, tocar, oler, saborear u oír mientras dos jóvenes isleños los llevan a una soleada aventura caribeña de los sentidos.
An early concept book from the author of Eating Fractions helps children figure out whether to see, touch, smell, taste, or hear as two young islanders take them on a sunny Caribbean adventure of the senses.
20) Invisible things
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Chronicle Books LLC
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This creatively wacky and interactive exploration of the abstract concepts of the human experience, such as feelings and thoughts, encourages readers to look past the visible and connect with the things that are not seen.
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