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Leonardo's Foot: How 10 Toes, 52 Bones, and 66 Muscles Shaped the Human World

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781934137628 Author(s): Carol Ann Rinzler Format: Paperback Year: 2013 Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press Pages: 192

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Description: A Selection of the Scientific American, History, and BOMC2 Book Clubs 'An in-depth look at the anatomy and history of feet reveals their often overlooked importance in human evolution, medicine and art.' --Science News 'Stylish, informative, entertaining, and pleasantly personal ...Whether Rinzler is exploring how our feet explain or illuminate such topics as evolution, disability, racism, diet, or desire, she maintains a fascinating perspective on the peculiarities of being human.' --Rain Taxi Review of Books 'This neat little book draws a clear picture of our feet, providing understanding that extends far beyond the obvious. Readers often like to walk away from a book feeling they learned something--that the author left them with a new way to look at an old idea, and this book fulfills that need.' --City Book Review 'Rinzler lifts the lowly human foot to new heights in this appealing book.' --Booklist (starred review) Leonardo's Foot stretches back to the fossil record and forward to recent discoveries in evolutionary science to demonstrate that it was our feet rather than our brains that first distinguished us from other species within the animal kingdom. Taking inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci's statement that 'the human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art,' Carol Ann Rinzler leads us on a fascinating stroll through science, medicine, and culture to shed light on the role our feet hav