The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780679740476ISBN-10:679740473UPC:9780679740476Book Category:Science, Medical, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionBook Topic:Human Anatomy & PhysiologySize:7.98 x 5.18 x 0.84 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCVP44T7JD
The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture
"A startling argument . . . provocative . . . absorbing." --The Boston Globe "Ambitious . . . arresting . . . celebrates the importance of hands to our lives today as well as to the history of our species."
--The New York Times Book Review The human hand is a miracle of biomechanics, one of the most remarkable adaptations in the history of evolution. The hands of a concert pianist can elicit...
--The New York Times Book Review The human hand is a miracle of biomechanics, one of the most remarkable adaptations in the history of evolution. The hands of a concert pianist can elicit...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780679740476ISBN-10:679740473UPC:9780679740476Book Category:Science, Medical, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionBook Topic:Human Anatomy & PhysiologySize:7.98 x 5.18 x 0.84 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCVP44T7JD
Frank Wilson was an early contributor to the development of performing arts medicine in the United States and Europe in the 1980's. In 1986 he was a co-founder and neurologist for the Health Program for Performing Artists at the University of California, San Francisco, where his interest focused on impaired hand control in musicians. In 1989 he moved to the University of Düsseldorf in Germany,...
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