Beliefs and stereotypes about handedness -- The lopsided animal -- Measuring sidedness -- Does society make right-handers? -- Is handedness inherited? -- The two brains -- Psycho-neuro-astrology -- Is left-handedness pathological? -- The sign of the left -- Left-hander differences and deficiencies -- Health and the left-hander -- Do left-handers die younger? -- A world for right-handers -- The hazardous life of the southpaw -- Help for the left-hander -- An action plan for left-handers.