Right Hand, Left Hand: The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and Cultures

A labor of love and enthusiasm as well as deep scientific knowledge, Right Hand, Left Hand takes...
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Author: Chris McManus
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Right Hand, Left Hand: The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and Cultures by McManus, Chris

Right Hand, Left Hand: The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and Cultures

$120.80

Right Hand, Left Hand: The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms and Cultures

$120.80
Author: Chris McManus
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A labor of love and enthusiasm as well as deep scientific knowledge, Right Hand, Left Hand takes the reader on a trip through history, around the world, and into the cosmos, to explore the place of handedness in nature and culture. Chris McManus considers evidence from anthropology, particle physics, the history of medicine, and the notebooks of Leonardo to answer questions like: Why are most people right-handed? Are left-handed people cognitively different from right-handers? Why is the heart almost always on the left side of the body? Why does European writing go from left to right, while Arabic and Hebrew go from right to left? Why do tornadoes spin counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere? And how do we know that Jack the Ripper was left-handed?

McManus reminds readers that distinctions between right and left have been profoundly meaningful--imbued with moral and religious meaning--in societies throughout history, and suggests that our preoccupation with laterality may originate in our asymmetric bodies, which emerged from 550 million years of asymmetric vertebrate evolution, and may even be linked to the asymmetric structure of matter. With speculations embedded in science, Right Hand, Left Hand offers entertainment and new insight to scientists and general readers alike.



Author: Chris McManus
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 10/25/2004
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.32w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9780674016132

About the Author
McManus, Chris: - Chris McManus is Professor of Psychology and Medical Education at University College London, and co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health, and Medicine and the journal Laterality.

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