The Face A Natural History Author:Daniel McNeill If, as Cicero noted, "Everything is in the face," then this book should have universal appeal. Science journalist McNeill, principal author of Fuzzy Logic, considers why humans developed their characteristic facial components and why we find certain features more appealing than others. The questions he poses range from the fun... more »damental (why did sense organs come to "cluster up front?") to the more controversial (is there such a thing as universal beauty?). McNeill borrows examples from art, literature, history, and mythology to illustrate how the face figures in our interactions with others across a variety of cultures. Among the fascinating issues he explores are the act of kissing, veiling the face, the changing fashion in beards, eyewitness error, mirrors, cosmetics, and the phenomena of crying and laughter.« less