Hands / Edition 1 in Bloomington, MN

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.