What could fingers and sex possibly have in common? What does the shape of a child's fingers reveal about future musical talent? And why should professional footballers have longer fingers than other men? This book is about a simple measurement of the human hand: the 'finger ratio', or the length of the ring finger relative to the index finger. John Manning uses a tiny difference between the sexes - that men tend to have a greater finger ratio than women - to examine a dizzying group of questions about human behaviour and what makes us as we are.
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This book is about a simple measurement of the human hand: the 'finger ratio', or the length of the ring finger relative to the index finger. John Manning uses a tiny difference between the sexes - that men tend to have a greater finger ratio than women - to examine a dizzying group of questions about human behaviour and what makes us as we are.
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<b><i>The Finger Ratio </i>by John Manning is a provocative, thought-provoking and wonderfully accessible slice of popular evolutionary science.</b>
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780571215409
Publisert
2009-02-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Vekt
160 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
126 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192
Forfatter