Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic -- Alison Bashford, Hardcover

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Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic -- Alison Bashford, Hardcover"Delightful." Times Literary Supplement "Intriguing." The Sydney Morning Herald "Fascinating, well illustrated." Nature "Altogether surprising and hard to categorise." London Review of Books "There are many stories to be told here, and Bashford tells them well." Literary Review The astonishing history of palmistry and biometrics from occult physicians to the very foundations of modern science and medicine. Why did Isaac Newton read books on

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