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        Stinkhorn

        Stinkhorn

        Stinkhorn

        How Nature's Most Foul-Smelling Mushroom Can Change the Way We Listen

        by Siôn Parkinson

        ISBN: 9781915609274

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: February 4, 2025

        A meditation on sound, inviting us to listen through the nose and open the mind to the musical potential in unpleasant odors.
        Silent Whale Letters

        Silent Whale Letters

        Silent Whale Letters

        A Long-Distance Correspondence, on All Frequencies

        by Ella Finer and Vibeke Mascini

        Edited by Kate Briggs

        ISBN: 9781915609021

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: November 21, 2023

        A long-distance correspondence reflecting on the infravoice of a blue whale and other so-called “silent” subjects.
        Sexus Botanicus

        Sexus Botanicus

        Sexus Botanicus

        The Love Lives of Plants

        by Joanne Anton

        Translated by Erik Butler

        ISBN: 9780262546454

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 26, 2023

        A richly illustrated exploration of the astonishing diversity in sexual characteristics and behaviors of plants from the fig-tree to the sacred lotus.
        Atlas of Perfumed Botany

        Atlas of Perfumed Botany

        Atlas of Perfumed Botany

        by Jean-Claude Ellena

        Translated by Erik Butler

        ISBN: 9780262046732

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 5, 2022

        A cartography of fragrance that charts the botany and geography of perfume composition.
        Botanicum Medicinale

        Botanicum Medicinale

        Botanicum Medicinale

        A Modern Herbal of Medicinal Plants

        by Catherine Whitlock

        ISBN: 9780262044479

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 20, 2020

        A beautifully illustrated, informative, and engaging guide to 100 plants used for medicinal purposes.
        Animal Beauty

        Animal Beauty

        Animal Beauty

        On the Evolution of Biological Aesthetics

        by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

        Translated by Jonathan Howard

        ISBN: 9780262039949

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 14, 2019

        An illustrated exploration of colors and patterns in the animal kingdom, what they communicate, and how they function in the social life of animals.
        Green Light

        Green Light

        Green Light

        Toward an Art of Evolution

        by George Gessert

        ISBN: 9780262517300

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 10, 2012

        How humans' aesthetic perceptions have shaped other life forms, from racehorses to ornamental plants.
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