Publication

2009 - Wiley, Chichester, U.K, England

Language

English

Word Count

39,750 words, Guess

Page Count

159 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780470779293
  • ISBN-100470779284
  • ISBN-100470779292
  • ISBN-139780470779286
  • Goodreads6921107', '6632162
and 6 more
  • LibraryThing7599032
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009455166
  • OCLC Control Number276334307
  • Better World Books9780470779293
  • Better World Books9780470779286
  • Open LibraryOL23579025M

Classifications

  • DDC720.1
  • LCCNA2500 .P355 2009
  • LCCNA2500
and 1 more
  • LCCNA2500 .P35 2009

Description

Surveys the multiple essences of the hand, its biological evolution and its role in the shaping of culture, highlighting how the hand-tool union and eye-hand-mind fusion are essential for dexterity and how ultimately the body and the senses play a crucial role in memory and creative work.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • AD primers

Other Editions

  • The thinking hand: existential and embodied wisdom in arthitectureWiley2009-01-01

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