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Left-handed History Of The World (2007)

by Ed Wright(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0760787042 (ISBN13: 9780760787045)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Barnes & Noble

review 1: Definitely an interesting perspective on lefty traits. I think much of my connection to historical figures in this book is much like the irony you find in a well written fortune cookie, sometimes you reach a little to make it more relevant. As a lefty, I feel a little more comfort in the fact that I'm predisposed to mental illness. That's a relief, I thought for a minute there I was just going crazy.
review 2: Quite entertaining, especially if you are a lefty! The author analyses the lives and decisions of left-handers through history, emphasizing the differences in intuition, visual-spatial ability, lateral thinking, and iconoclasm between them and the dominant right-handedness of culture through time. The list of lefties studied is staggering - Alexander, ... moreCaesar, Michelangelo, Newton, Raphael, Da Vinci, Bonaparte, Beethoven, Twain, Ford, Curie, Gandhi, Chaplin, Ruth, Turing, Hendrix, Gates, Clinton, Obama - as is their collective influence on the forward momentum of human thought and history.An engaging read. less

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