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Hands

By: John Napier, Russell H. Tuttle (Editor)

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Paperback | 14 March 1993

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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.

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"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 "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

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