Hands by John Napier
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.-
QED
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How to Solve It
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e: The Story of a Number
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Eye and Brain
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The Nature of Space and Time
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Success through Failure
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Life on a Young Planet
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Primates and Philosophers
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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future
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An Imaginary Tale
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The Serengeti Rules
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Designing the Molecular World
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Why Stock Markets Crash
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Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum
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The Supernova Story
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Gamma
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How to Clone a Mammoth
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Adaptation and Natural Selection
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Polyominoes
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Infinity and the Mind
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The Tower and the Bridge
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Ancient Wine
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Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula
"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 DrNapier 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
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691025476 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691025479 |
| Title | Hands |
| Author | John Napier |
| Series | Princeton Science Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1993-03-14 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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