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.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.