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Ackerman writes, "to repeat - out of context and in different "A Natural History of the Senses" was, deservedly, a best seller, so now we have an inevitable sequel, "A Natural History of Love." "It would be a mistake," Ms. She had gone everywhere and done everything it was a pleasure to journey in her company. Of the healthful properties of chili peppers, tea with milk and licorice. Ackerman would typically begin, in this case introducing a discussion "When I worked on a cattle ranch in New Mexico," Ms. Souls who experience nature firsthand and describe it with an enthusiasm that is both personal and learned. With these works, she established herself alongside such science and nature writers as Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, John McPhee and Annie Dillard - adventurous Herself, dauntlessly roaming the planet in search of wonders large and small. All seemed to hang together in one big sensoryĪmong the main virtues of "A Natural History of the Senses" (confirmed and extended in her next nonfiction book, "The Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Crocodilians, Penguins and Whales") was the image of Ms. Them with animals, but they also form the bases of human institutions - she could move smoothly from, say, the mating habits of mice to the activities of the international perfume industry. Because the senses are both natural and cultural - we share

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The simple inventory of smell, touch, taste, hearing and vision provided a sturdy structure into which Ms. OUR years ago, in "A Natural History of the Senses," Diane Ackerman conducted a splendid tour of the human body's tools for interpreting the world around JThis Crazy Thing Called Love By WALTER KENDRICK