Hand : how its use shapes the brain, language and human culture
Wilson, Frank
Hand : how its use shapes the brain, language and human culture - New York Vintage Books 1998 - xiv,397p.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
PROLOGUE 3
1. DAWN
15
2. THE HAND-THOUGHT-LANGUAGE NEXUS
35
3. THE ARM WE BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE TREES
6г
4. PUPPET LESSONS FROM ALEXANDRIA AND DÜSSELDORF
80
5. HAND, EYE, AND SKY
95
6. THE GRIP OF THE PAST
112
7. THE TWENTY-FOUR-KARAT THUMB
127
8. THE RIGHT HAND KNOWS WHAT THE LEFT HAND JUST DID
147
9. BAD BOYS, POLYLITHS, AND THE HETEROTECHNIC REVOLUTION
164
10. THE ARTICULATE HAND
182
11. IN TUNE AND EVOLVING PRESTISSIMO
210
12. LUCY TO LULU TO ROSE
231
13. TOUGH, TENDER, AND TENACIOUS
242
14. HIDDEN IN THE HAND
T
258
15. HEAD FOR THE HANDS
277
EPILOGUE
297
APPENDIX 313
NOTES 318
BIBLIOGRAPHY 368
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 379
INDEX 381
9780679740476
745.401 / WIL
Hand : how its use shapes the brain, language and human culture - New York Vintage Books 1998 - xiv,397p.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
PROLOGUE 3
1. DAWN
15
2. THE HAND-THOUGHT-LANGUAGE NEXUS
35
3. THE ARM WE BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE TREES
6г
4. PUPPET LESSONS FROM ALEXANDRIA AND DÜSSELDORF
80
5. HAND, EYE, AND SKY
95
6. THE GRIP OF THE PAST
112
7. THE TWENTY-FOUR-KARAT THUMB
127
8. THE RIGHT HAND KNOWS WHAT THE LEFT HAND JUST DID
147
9. BAD BOYS, POLYLITHS, AND THE HETEROTECHNIC REVOLUTION
164
10. THE ARTICULATE HAND
182
11. IN TUNE AND EVOLVING PRESTISSIMO
210
12. LUCY TO LULU TO ROSE
231
13. TOUGH, TENDER, AND TENACIOUS
242
14. HIDDEN IN THE HAND
T
258
15. HEAD FOR THE HANDS
277
EPILOGUE
297
APPENDIX 313
NOTES 318
BIBLIOGRAPHY 368
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 379
INDEX 381
9780679740476
745.401 / WIL