Hand : how its use shapes the brain, language and human culture

By:

Wilson, Frank

Publication details: New York Vintage Books 1998Description: xiv,397pISBN:

9780679740476

DDC classification:

745.401 WIL

Contents:

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

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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

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