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The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture (Vintage)
 
 
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The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture (Vintage) [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

Frank R. Wilson
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  • Taschenbuch: 416 Seiten
  • Verlag: Vintage; Auflage: Vintage Books. (14. September 1999)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN-10: 0679740473
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679740476
  • Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,3 x 13,2 x 2,1 cm
  • Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen  Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (4 Kundenrezensionen)
  • Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 53.626 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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The hand is, among other things, a complex symbol, representing both the creative and the prosaic. This blending of the spiritual and the mundane is what makes the hand unique, as it in turn makes us unique among animals. Neurologist Frank R. Wilson has taken on a heroic task: to explain the hand on both of these levels and to show us how we use these marvelous instruments to find and create meaning in our lives.

Anthropology, neuroscience, music, and puppetry all figure prominently in The Hand, which effortlessly guides the reader through its million-year biography. Brains and thumbs growing and changing to accommodate each other, discovering tools and language together, kicked us out of the monkey house for good. While there is still controversy over whether we are the brainiest animals on the planet, it is abundantly clear that we are the handiest.

This manipulative ability is our greatest strength and our most terrible flaw. Without hands we would have no Louvre but also no nerve gas. But, Wilson says, our situation is more complex. Our access to far greater means to achieve our ends gives us a greater hunger for meaning. We long to use our hands to satisfy our needs--whether spiritual or down-to-earth. This creation of meaning from nothing may be our greatest achievement. In the end, The Hand is brightly optimistic, showing that our reach truly does exceed our grasp. --Rob Lightner -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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A neurologist maintains that the hand is equal to the brain in understanding human evolution and intelligence. The cephalocentric view, as Wilson technically labels the obsession with the noggin, overshadows the hand's role in mediating the physical world for the brain. His presentation of the pro-hand position can be dauntingly specialized, as in his description of digital anatomy, but Wilson's material comes together in his profiles of people whose hands are crucial in their careers. In his interviews with a car mechanic, marionette master, juggler, surgeon, magician, guitarist, and others, Wilson effects his book's goal of discovering the "hidden physical roots . . . of passionate and creative work." The interviewees recall when they realized their special skills and the dedication necessary to achieving their manual adroitness. Outside of such tangible testimonials, Wilson discusses how researchers think hands evolved in the successive species of the hominid line or hands' speculated role in the emergence of language. A palm-opening discussion of an appendage most take for granted. Gilbert Taylor -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.


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As a neuroscientist, educator, and a Deaf person, I thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Wilson's insights into how the hand shapes our lives and our brains. He raises a lot of questions yet to be investigated about how crucial the manipulation of the hands are to cognitive learning. It will be interesting to see the outcome of the questions he's raised both for normal people and those of us who use manual language over speech, and whether those choices in means of communication cause the brain to be mapped differently. Dr. Wilson writes with humor and gives fascinating insights into the worlds of people whose advocations depend upon their hands. This long neglected part of our body should now receive the attention it deserves in shaping our minds.
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I really liked this book, as it seems quite clear and presents an altogether interesting and informed argument. I recommend it to basically anyone because I believe the subject is really interesting and presented in a way which is easy enough to read without previous knowledge in the field.

This might be interesting as a casual read, for those who are so inclined. It has a lot of interesting views upon the usage of the hand, according to several theories, following through the species' evolution (and how our brain's evolution might be strongly connected, if not outright determined) by the evolution of the hand; to some more subjective yet informed views about learning, intelligence, creativity and health.

The reason why I don't rate it the full five stars is that I find the stories that accompany each chapter to be a bit too anecdotical or even corny at some point, something which attempts to unnecessarily distract my frame of mind from the otherwise clear and focused subject of the book.
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An Inspiring Book 9. Oktober 1999
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Perhaps the thing I liked the best about this book is the tone of reverence that Dr. Wilson has for the subject of his life's work - the hand. Clearly there is a lot at stake for the author in his work - it comes through in everything in this book - and that's the thing that I found inspiring about it. If only we could all (or at last many of us!) feel the same way about the focus of our work.

I "dinged" it one star for two reasons - I would have liked to have seen more attention played to the concept of how "the hand shapes the mind." A lot of the book seemed like a very well written elaboration on the standard neurologic model of "motor programs" and the brain's role in controlling the hand, etc. The idea that the "history" and "education" of the hand has a reciprocal role in shaping the mind is a very exciting concept, and I would have liked to have seen it explored in more depth.

Second, I thought the book rambled at times. Dr. Wilson tended to bounce around a lot between neurology, anthropology, educational policy, etc. and it wasn't always clear what was driving the transitions from one area to the other.

On the whole, this is an excellent book offering a very unique perspective on the mind and human nature through the investigation of the miraculous but little appreciated hand.

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