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The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design (Cambridge Library Collection - Science and Religion) - Softcover
This 1833 study of the hand by Sir Charles Bell, a leading professor of surgery and anatomy, is one of the Bridgewater Treatises, which arose from the preoccupation of nineteenth-century Christians with interpreting God's creation in the light of contemporary scientific developments. Bell's treatise suggests that by looking in close detail at small subjects, God's role in creation can be clearly seen, whereas more general studies of the universe and the great natural cycles of astronomy and geology can obscure the intelligence behind their specific features. Bell stresses the importance of the hand in human history, the progress of society and the development of technology and design. He considers aspects of the mechanical systems of other animals, and sees their structure as a product of their function. This comparison serves to link humans with other creatures, but also defines their superiority through the sublimity of design.
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This 1833 treatise, by a leading anatomist, examines the structure and mechanics of the hand and its relationship to the development of society and technology. The author aimed to demonstrate the intelligence of God in his design of the way humans and other animals work within their environment.
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Charles Andrew Bell works for Oracle Corporation and is a senior member of the MySQL engineering team. He is the team lead for MySQL Utilities and has over eight years experience in developing the MySQL server. He lives in a small town in rural Virginia with his loving wife, and received his Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005. His research interests include database systems, versioning systems, semantic web, and agile software development.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2009
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- ISBN 13 9781108000888
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