the emperor of scent

in which he (chandler burr) recounts various aspects of the journey
taken by luca turin to have his vibrational (much like frequencies of
sound or color) hypothesis of olfactory perception completely (as far
as the time-line of the book, anyway) disregarded, reviled, etc in a
manner that might be gratifying if one wishes for the fate of galileo
but otherwise shows the scientific community to be neither scientific
nor a community.

discuss.

as well the implications of the vibrational theory, with its analog in
musical frequencies, also highlights the 'change over time' aspect of
scent, objective experiences designed to reveal themselves variously
as both the perception and its impetus vary with duration elapsing...

as well as 'trumpet', a novel riffing on the horn player who turned
out on his death (to, for instance, the medical examiner, the mortician and,
finally, his own son)
to have been female all along...

i have currently neither the memory of the author (jackie kay) or the name of the
real life (billy tipton) upon which it was based, but will look for both when i have a
chance.

just wanting to post these few books and pix (the above natalie's turn)
since i havent put anything here in a while for various reasons and hoping
a new chapter will be opening soon...