A Left Hand Turn Around the World: Chasing the Mystery and Meaning of All Things Southpaw

基本信息出版社:Da Capo Press (2006年11月1日)平装:248页正文语种:英语ISBN:0306814986条形码:9780306814983商品尺寸:24.8 x 23.6 x 1.8 cm商品重量:254 g品牌:Da Capo PressASIN:0306814986商品描述内容简介Are Southpaws really more creative, or is that just a myth? Is there a gene for left-handedness? David Wolman--a lefty, and proud of it--sets out to answer these and other questions on a journey through the world of the left-hander. Traveling from the halls of history to the halls of science, Wolman explores a Scottish castle designed for left-handed swordfights, visits a Paris museum to inspect nineteenth-century brains that hold clues to this biological puzzle, and observes chimps with a primatologist in Atlanta who may help unravel the evolutionary mystery of left-handedness.Along the way, Wolman meets fellow left-handers who share his sense of kinship and reveal the essence of Southpaw. There is sinister Diabolos Rex, follower of the Left Hand Path; and John Evans, an amputee whose left hand was reattached to his right arm. In Japan, Wolman tees off with the National Association of Left-Handed Golfers and seeks wisdom from a left-handed baseball legend.A seamless blend of science, travel, culture, and humor, this inquisitive exploration of all things Southpaw is sure to be the perfect book for lefties and for all the righties who love them.媒体推荐"Wolman's account of all this takes place from the amusingly biased perspective of a true ("strong") left-hander...A mostly illuminating and enjoyable trip is spiced up by a slangy glee to the prose, as when he casually mentions 'one of the world's most bad-ass microscopes'. I will refrain from asking you to give him a big hand. The Guardian "Left-handers will emerge from reading this with confirmation of what they always secretly suspected: that left-handers are superior to right-handers; while right-handers will emerge glad that they belong to the majority and not to those sinister sinistrals." Mail on Sunday"