Skin A Natural History

Name: Skin A Natural History
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ISBN: 9780520256248

ISBN-10: 0520256247

ISBN-13: 9780520256248

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nina G. Jablonski

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We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview, written with a poetic touch and taking many intriguing side excursions, is a complete guidebook to the pliable covering that makes us who we are.Skin: A Natural Historycelebrates the evolution of three unique attributes of human skin: its naked sweatiness, its distinctive sepia rainbow of colors, and its remarkable range of decorations. Jablonski begins with a look at skin's structure and functions and then tours its three-hundred-million-year evolution, delving into…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Skin Laid Bare



History



Sweat



Skin and Sun



Skin's Dark Secret



Color



Touch



Emotions, Sex, and Skin



Wear and Tear



Statements



Future Skin


Glossary


Notes


References


Index