John Napier

Hands

Herausgeber: Tuttle, Russell H.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780691025476
• ISBN-10: 0691025479
• Artikelnr.: 22301270

Autorenporträt

John Napier Revised by Russell H. Tuttle

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Pt. 1
Nature and Evolution of the Hand
Ch. 1
"You Need Hands. . ."
3
Ch. 2
Structure of the Hand
13
Ch. 3
Function of the Hand
55
Ch. 4
Evolution of the Hand
73
Pt. 2
Social and Cultural Aspects of the Hand
Ch. 5
Tool-Using and Tool-Making
97
Ch. 6
Handedness
121
Ch. 7
Fingerprints
131
Ch. 8
Gestures
143
Suggested Reading and References
159
Index
169

Rezensionen

Each fascinating chapter in this book is a conjured mixture of anecdote, entertainment, and instruction.