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Hands Subsequent Edition

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Hands Subsequent Edition

Author(s): John Napier (Author), Russell H. Tuttle

  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publication Date: February 22, 1993
  • Edition: Subsequent
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 200 pages
  • ISBN-10: 0691025479
  • ISBN-13: 9780691025476

Book Description

Intended for all readers–including magicians, detectives, musicians, orthopedic surgeons, and anthropologists–this book offers a thorough account of that most intriguing and most human of appendages: the hand. In this illustrated work, John Napier explores a wide range of absorbing subjects such as fingerprints, handedness, gestures, fossil remains, and the making and using of tools.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Maybe Newton was right about the thumb [that it was evidence of God’s existence], but there is far more to arouse wonder in the hand than he knew, and Dr. Napier indicates its scope with authority and imagination.” ― The New York Times Book Review

“[John Napier’s] book is deliberately ‘not too technical,’ light and full of wit. . . . Fingerprints, gestures, nerves, bone, hand hair–all are given attention . . . in this interesting survey.” ― Scientific American

“Each fascinating chapter in this book is a conjured mixture of anecdote, entertainment, and instruction.” ― Annals of Human Biology

About the Author

The late John Napier was a physician specializing in hands, and was also a professor and writer on primates and evolution. Russell H. Tuttle is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago.

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