[Cirby]

Hello all,

I'm researching Luca Turin's vibrational frequency of olfaction (from a philosophers standpoint)and was wondering If there were any further information on the topic. Have there been any studies, data, or tables published on the vibration of molecules? Do I need any special equiptment to explore the theory myself?

-Thanks 

[Arkcon]

I would start with the journal articles by the author that have been published to look for the methodology.  This topic is very close to pseudoscience -- although this may be the farthest out there scientific theory that is still being debated civilly by both sides.  Interesting topic however.

[Cirby]

Ok thanks I will continually do so.. Except are there any books or websites that already have the vibrational frequency of chemicals? Surely there has to be some data of some kind

[Arkcon]

It really depends on the sense you mean vibrational frequency -- but generally, most college level organic chemistry textbooks do mention the different NMR and FTIR characteristics of different isotopes, especially hydrogen vs deuterium.  Of course, replacing a hydrogen with a deuterium can change the chemistry significantly, so I'm not sure the experiments I found on Wikipedia are really all that meaningful.  But still, a good start.