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Title: A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman ISBN: 0-679-73566-6 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 10 September, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.37 (38 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Poetic & Informative
Comment: "A Natural History of the Senses" by Diane Ackerman is such a wonderful book; poetic and informative, it is among the best creative non-fiction that I have found. After having read the book, I find myself taking extra care when I touch my husband, listen to the sounds around me, and eat and experience food.
I love to acquire knowledge about, everything, and I love to do it by reading unfortunately, I have a short attention span when it comes to reading the usual book or journal entry about science or health. While this book only touches the surface of the senses and the how and why of them; she only has so much space after all, Ackerman gives the reader enough information about the senses so that the reader can go research more about the subjects if she is so inclined.
Ackerman's literate and scientific mind combined with her masterful and poetic use of language has created a wonderful book and if I could give this another ½ star, I would.
Rating: 5
Summary: Poetry and Science
Comment: When I first read Diane Ackerman's book it opened my eyes, just as these other reviews testify. It does seem to be a book people either love or hate (I have some friends who thought it was sentimental babbling) but that doesn't change how extravagantly Ackerman uses language itself to convey the lush world of the senses. I teach a creative writing course at SFSU and I use the book to promote both that poetic description and the possibilities for experience and awareness the book evokes. An excellent example of the ways poetry can be used to explain science and experience.
Rating: 4
Summary: Delightful prose and broad brush strokes of wonder!
Comment: DA has a wonderful writing style that makes reading her book a sensory pleasure in its own. At the risk of sounding sexist, it must be mentioned that the power of this book lies in the wonderfully delicate and detailed descriptions of the various senses and their experiences. While DA has chosen a subject that is reasonably biological, it is her descriptive flair for the minutiae, her almost artistic way of writing and her sense of joy and wonder which she conveys; all make this book a wonderfully engrossing tale about our sense organs.
While DA succeeds at opening our eyes (and ears, nose.... etc) to the world around us, perhaps the only shortcoming of the book lies in creating expectations in the reader of a rigorous treatment in the biological/evolutionary development of the sense organs. The reader seeking such a detailed analysis of the senses and their development would be served better by looking elsewhere. However, this book is a tasty little morsel and food for thought.
Definitely worth a read.
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Title: A Natural History of Love : Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman ISBN: 0679761837 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 21 February, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Cultivating Delight : A Natural History of My Garden by Diane Ackerman ISBN: 0060505362 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Deep Play by Diane Ackerman ISBN: 0679771352 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: I Praise My Destroyer : Poems by Diane Ackerman ISBN: 0679771344 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 10 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Animal Sense by Peter Sis, Diane Ackerman ISBN: 0375823840 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 11 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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