Flame Pump: A Natural History of the Heart
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Flame Pump: A Natural History of the Heart
9.99 €
Bill Schutt, a zoologist, research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, and professor emeritus of biology at Long Island University (LIU Post Campus), tells the natural history of the heart in humans and other animals—a fascinating story of evolution and scientific progress. The book is divided into three parts, beginning with an overview of the animal kingdom, which helps us understand the heart’s anatomy, function, and evolution.
Schutt uncovers the secrets of the hearts of insects, horses, worms, giraffes, snakes, and lizards; we see a parade of hearts—large, small, cold, and even nonexistent. The topics range from the circulation of microorganisms to the giant hearts of blue whales, from the circulation of horseshoe crabs to the unique fluid that flows through the veins of Antarctic icefish.
In the second part of the book, Schutt traces the development of medical knowledge about the heart and the circulatory system. Particular attention is given to the pioneers of medicine who established many of our modern ideas about the heart and circulation (but also codified errors, often bizarre, that have migrated from one medical book to another over the centuries), such as Galen, Ibn al-Nafis, Andreas Vesalius, and William Harvey.
The final section is devoted to the achievements of modern cardiology. It tells about broken heart syndrome, heart transplants, the regeneration of a heart that can grow in the laboratory from a single cell, and describes the technologies that are now used to study the heart.
The author's witty observations are perfectly complemented by informative illustrations by the talented modern artist Patricia J. Wynn.
Schutt uncovers the secrets of the hearts of insects, horses, worms, giraffes, snakes, and lizards; we see a parade of hearts—large, small, cold, and even nonexistent. The topics range from the circulation of microorganisms to the giant hearts of blue whales, from the circulation of horseshoe crabs to the unique fluid that flows through the veins of Antarctic icefish.
In the second part of the book, Schutt traces the development of medical knowledge about the heart and the circulatory system. Particular attention is given to the pioneers of medicine who established many of our modern ideas about the heart and circulation (but also codified errors, often bizarre, that have migrated from one medical book to another over the centuries), such as Galen, Ibn al-Nafis, Andreas Vesalius, and William Harvey.
The final section is devoted to the achievements of modern cardiology. It tells about broken heart syndrome, heart transplants, the regeneration of a heart that can grow in the laboratory from a single cell, and describes the technologies that are now used to study the heart.
The author's witty observations are perfectly complemented by informative illustrations by the talented modern artist Patricia J. Wynn.
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