| Hands Revised Edition Contributor(s): Napier, John (Author), Tuttle, Russell H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0691025479 ISBN-13: 9780691025476 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1993 Annotation: The late John Napier was a physician specializing in hands, and he was also a professor and writer on primates and evolution. In this illustrated work, Napier explores a wide range of absorbing subjects such as fingerprints, handedness, gestures, fossil remains, and the making and using of tools. University of Chicago Professor of Anthropology Russell Tuttle updates Napier's work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Anatomy - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical |
| Dewey: 611.97 |
| LCCN: 92014513 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.61" W x 8.42" (0.52 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |