Author : Nina G. Jablonski
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520954815
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Skin by : Nina G. Jablonski
Download or read book Skin written by Nina G. Jablonski and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview is a complete guidebook to the pliable covering that makes us who we are. Skin: A Natural History celebrates the evolution of three unique attributes of human skin: its naked sweatiness, its distinctive sepia rainbow of colors, and its remarkable range of decorations. Jablonski places the rich cultural canvas of skin within its broader biological context for the first time, and the result is a tremendously engaging look at us.