The Left Stuff: How the Left-Handed Have Survived and Thrived in a Right-Handed World

Weaving cultural history and scientific exploration together, The Left Stuff takes you on an adventure to discover the truth about why humans choose one hand over the other. From high-tech neuroscience labs to the rain forests of Africa to the bullpens of Major League Baseball, journalist Melissa Roth investigates how societies and genetics encourage us to choose sides. The Left Stuff gets to the heart of why humans are predominantly right-handed-and why a stubborn minority has persevered against the weight of history and the forces of evolution. Fascinating, provocative, and insightful, this book is a well-crafted and engaging narrative of how modern science has put the power of understanding in the palms of our hands.

Author: Melissa Roth
Publisher: M. Evans and Company
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.92w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9781590771464
ISBN10: 159077146X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Psychology | History
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social