Wholesale Hands - Paperback

by John Napier (Author), Russell H. Tuttle (Editor) 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. Author Biography 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. Number of Pages: 200 Dimensions: 0.49 x 8.42 x 5.61 IN Publication Date: March 14, 1993