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ISBN
9780300177732

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300177739
ISBN-13
9780300177732
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111174660

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
192 Pages
Publication Name
Michelangelo's Finger : an Exploration of Everyday Transcendence
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Subject
Communication Studies, Life Sciences / Evolution, Body Language & Nonverbal Communication, Developmental / Child, Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, Anatomy
Type
Textbook
Author
Raymond Tallis
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Science, Psychology, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Praise for The Kingdom of Infinite Space : "An amazing book about the human head. I''ve never seen anything like it. . . . A very heady, heady experience. . . . Thrilling."-Lynne Truss, Sunday Times, Praise for The Kingdom of Infinite Space: "The pages burst with an entertaining mixture of intriguing facts and thought-provoking observations."--Andrew Robinson, New Scientist, Praise for The Kingdom of Infinite Space : "An amazing book about the human head. I've never seen anything like it. . . . A very heady, heady experience. . . . Thrilling."--Lynne Truss, Sunday Times, Praise for The Kingdom of Infinite Space: "The pages burst with an entertaining mixture of intriguing facts and thought-provoking observations."-Andrew Robinson, New Scientist, Praise for The Kingdom of Infinite Space : "An amazing book about the human head. I've never seen anything like it. . . . A very heady, heady experience. . . . Thrilling."-Lynne Truss, Sunday Times
Dewey Decimal
128
Synopsis
A renowned British public intellectual illustrates how our unique ability to point the index finger has shaped our amazing evolutionary pathway as humans In this startlingly original and persuasive book, Raymond Tallis shows that it is easy to underestimate the influence of small things in determining what manner of creatures humans are. He argues that the independent movement of the human index finger is one such easily overlooked factor. Indeed, not for nothing is the index finger called the "forefinger." It is the finger we most naturally deploy when we want to pry objects out of small spaces, but it plays a far more significant role in an action unique to us among primates: pointing. Tallis argues that it is through pointing that the index finger made a significant contribution to the development of humans and to the creation of a human world separate from the rest of the natural world. Observing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the hugely familiar and awkward encounter between Michelangelo's God and Man through their index fingers, Tallis identifies the artist's intuitive awareness of the central role of the index finger in making us unique. Just as the reaching index fingers of God and Man are here made central to the creation of our kind, so Tallis believes that the seemingly simple act of pointing, which is used in a wide variety of ways, is central to our extraordinary evolution.

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