On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM Christopher A Kantarjiev via Silklist <
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This reminds me of how much I enjoyed the book "The Emperor of Scent" some
> years back - which was not only a good yarn but dove into competing
> theories about how our olfactory system works (quite distinct from taste).
> Unclear to me how much of that was really well-founded, and how the
> understanding might have changed in the intervening years.
>

Luca Turin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Turin>, the subject of this
book, first presented his theory of olfaction to the world at a conference
in Bangalore in the late 90s (this is recounted in some detail in the
book). Two of the organizing team, who were post-doctoral researchers at
the time, are also on this list. I will let them decide whether to share
further details of the shenanigans that ensued. :)

Udhay
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