Hands - Hardcover

Napier, John Russell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394507835 ISBN 13: 9780394507835

Publisher: Pantheon Books, 1980

Synopsis

Considers current knowledge of the evolution, structure, and function of hands and discusses fingerprints, fossil remains, handedness, palm lines, gestures, and tool using and tool making, both prehistoric and modern

About this title

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.

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)

"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)

"[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 this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0394507835
• ISBN 13: 9780394507835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176