Hands

John Napier (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

1993
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-02547-6 (ISBN)

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Suitable for the readers - including magicians, detectives, musicians, orthopedic surgeons, and anthropologists - this book offers an account of that most intriguing and most human of appendages: the hand. It explores a range of absorbing subjects such as fingerprints, handedness, gestures, fossil remains, and the making and using of tools.

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.

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.

List of Illustrations and FiguresForewordAcknowledgmentsPt. 1Nature and Evolution of the HandCh. 1"You Need Hands..."3Ch. 2Structure of the Hand13Ch. 3Function of the Hand55Ch. 4Evolution of the Hand73Pt. 2Social and Cultural Aspects of the HandCh. 5Tool-Using and Tool-Making97Ch. 6Handedness121Ch. 7Fingerprints131Ch. 8Gestures143Suggested Reading and References159Index169

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.3.1993
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Science Library
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	255 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
ISBN-10	0-691-02547-9 / 0691025479
ISBN-13	978-0-691-02547-6 / 9780691025476
Zustand	Neuware