A Left Hand Turn Around the World: Chasing the Mystery and Meaning of All Things Southpaw - Hardcover

Wolman, David

 
9780306814150: A Left Hand Turn Around the World: Chasing the Mystery and Meaning of All Things Southpaw
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0306814153 ISBN 13: 9780306814150
Verlag: Da Capo Press, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

Are Southpaws really more creative, or is that just a myth? Is there a gene for left-handedness? David Wolman--a lefty, and proud of it--sets out to answer these and other questions on a journey through the world of the left-hander. Traveling from the halls of history to the halls of science, Wolman explores a Scottish castle designed for left-handed swordfights, visits a Paris museum to inspect nineteenth-century brains that hold clues to this biological puzzle, consults an Indian palm reader, subjects his own brain to research in a basement laboratory in California, and sits with a primatologist in Atlanta whose chimpanzees may hold the key to the evolutionary mystery of left-handedness. Along the way, Wolman meets fellow left-handers who share his sense of kinship and help him uncover the essence of Southpaw. There is sinister Diabolos Rex, follower of the Left Hand Path; left-handed handwriting analysts; and John Evans, an amputee whose left hand was reattached to his right arm. In Japan, Wolman tees off with the National Association of Left-Handed Golfers, and seeks wisdom from a left-handed baseball legend and a world renowned biologist. A seamless blend of science, travel, culture, and humor, this inquisitive exploration of all things Southpaw is sure to be the perfect book for lefties and the righties who love them.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Wolman is a journalist whose work has appeared in such publications as Discover , Newsweek , New Scientist , Forbes , Outside , Wired , and the San Jose Mercury News . He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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Verlag
Da Capo Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0306814153
ISBN 13 
9780306814150
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Anzahl der Seiten
248
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