Anatomies A Cultural History of the Human Body

Name: Anatomies A Cultural History of the Human Body
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ISBN: 9780393239881

ISBN-10: 0393239888

ISBN-13: 9780393239881

Edition: 2013

Authors: Hugh Aldersey-Williams

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“Science writing at its best.”—Matt Ridley, best-selling author of GenomeIn an engaging narrative that sweeps from ancient body art to plastic surgery today, Hugh Aldersey-Williams brings his entertaining blend of science, history, and culture to bear on the richest of subjects: the human body. Why are some people left-handed and some blue-eyed? What is the funny bone, anyway? Drawing on cultural references from Shakespeare to Frankenstein, Rembrandt to 2001: A Space Odyssey, Aldersey-Williams reveals how attitudes toward the human body are as varied as human history, as he explores tattooing, shrunken heads, bloodletting, fingerprinting, X-rays, and more.Adam’s rib, van Gogh’s ear,…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/3/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.49" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Introduction


Prologue: The Anatomy Lesson



The Whole


Mapping the Territory


Flesh


Bones



The Parts


Carving Up the Territory


The Head


The Face


The Brain


The Heart


Blood


The Ear


The Eye


The Stomach


The Hand


The Sex


The Foot


The Skin



The Future


Extending the Territory


Epilogue: Coming Home


References and Select Bibliography


Index