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020 _a9780679740476
082 _a745.401
_bWIL
100 _aWilson, Frank
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245 _aHand : how its use shapes the brain, language and human culture
260 _aNew York
_bVintage Books
_c1998
300 _axiv,397p.
505 _aContents 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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