The Science of LOVE

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The Anatomy of Love, Helen Fischer, Norton, New York, 1992.

Bombardier Beetles and Fever Trees, William Agosta, Helix Books, Addison-Wesley, New York.

For an Australian spider, love really is to die for, Natalie Angier, The New York Times, 1/ 9 '96, pp. 11

The Functionality of the Human Vomeronasal Organ (VNO): Evidence for Steroid Receptors, David Berliner et al, Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, v. 58, #3, pp. 259-65, 1996.

Human nose may hold an additional organ for a real sixth sense, Blakeslee, Sandra New York Times 9/7/93, pp. C3.

Luteinizing Hormone-releasing Hormone and Innervation Pathways in Human Prenatal Nasal Submucosa: Factors of Importance in Evaluating Kallmann's Syndrome, I Kjaer et al, APMIS, 104: 680-688, 1996.

Men Respond to the Scent of a Woman, Alison Motluk, New Scientist, 9/7/96, pp. 16.

Scent of a Man, Sarah Richardson, Discover, 2/96, p. 26-7.

Sex Signals: the Biology of Love, Timothy Perper, Philadelphia: ISI Press, c1985.

The Smell of Love, F. Bryant Furlow, Psychology Today, 3-4/95, pp. 38-45.

The Sniff of Legend, Karen Wright, Discover, 4/94, pp. 60-67.

What's love got to do with it? The Evolution of Human Mating, Meredith F. Small, New York: Anchor Books, 1995.

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Reaction Times covered a bunch of amusing pheromone follies.

Pheromone study is part of the new field of chemical ecology. Guess what these folks study?

These folks tried to copyright the name of a sense organ (!). Still, they have plenty of information on the vomeronasal organ.

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