A left-handed history of the world
By: Ed Wright
Publisher: Pier 9
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Millers Point, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781741960532; 9781740458108
Subjects: Left- and right-handedness; History; Left and right (Psychology)
Description: About 10 percent of the population is left-handed. However 16 percent of American presidents have been lefties. In fact, a disproportionately high number of left-handers factor in influential moments through history from Julius Caesar to Bill Gates. Through fascinating case studies of notables from ancient to modern times, Ed Wright explains the secret of lefty success. Psychology meets history in this popular look at being left-handed and its effects on our world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ramses the Great; title: Alexander the Great; title: Julius Caesar; title: Joan of Arc; title: Leonardo da Vinci; title: Michelangelo; title: Raphael; title: Isaac Newton; title: Napoleon Bonaparte; title: Beethoven; title: Queen Victoria; title: Lewis Carroll; title: Mark Twain; title: Friedrich Nietzsche; title: Henry Ford; title: Marie Curie; title: Mahatma Gandhi; title: Charlie Chaplin; title: Babe Ruth; title: Alan Turing; title: Jimi Hendrix; title: Paul McCartney; title: Bill Gates; title: Navratilova and McEnroe; title: The lefty White House cluster.; title: Ramses the Great; title: Alexander the Great; title: Julius Caesar; title: Joan of Arc; title: Leonardo da Vinci; title: Michelangelo; title: Raphael; title: Isaac Newton; title: Napoleon Bonaparte; title: Beethoven; title: Queen Victoria; title: Lewis Carroll; title: Mark Twain; title: Friedrich Nietzsche; title: Henry Ford; title: Marie Curie; title: Mahatma Gandhi; title: Charlie Chaplin; title: Babe Ruth; title: Alan Turing; title: Jimi Hendrix; title: Paul McCartney; title: Bill Gates; title: Navratilova and McEnroe; title: The lefty White House cluster.