Flame pump. Natural history of the heart

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Bill Schutt, Zoologist, Research Fellow 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 human and other animal hearts, a compelling tale of evolution and scientific progress. The book is divided into three parts and begins with an overview of the animal world, helping to understand the anatomy of the heart, its functions and evolution. Shutt reveals the secrets of the hearts of insects, horses, worms, giraffes, snakes and lizards; a string of hearts passes before our eyes - large, small, cold and even non-existent. Topics covered range from microbial circulation to giant blue whale hearts, horseshoe crab circulation to the uniqueness of the fluid flowing through the veins of Antarctic icefish. In the second part of the book, Schutt traces the development of medical knowledge about the heart and circulatory system. Particular attention is paid to the pioneers of medicine, who established many of the modern ideas about the heart and blood circulation (but also codified errors, often curious, wandering from one medical book to another for centuries), such as Galen, Ibn al-Nafis, Andreas Vesalius, William Harvey. The final part is devoted to the achievements of modern cardiology. It talks about broken heart syndrome, heart transplants, the regeneration of a heart that can grow in a laboratory from a single cell, and describes the technologies that are now used to study the heart. The author's witty observations are complemented by informative illustrations by talented contemporary artist Patricia J. Wynn.

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Publication language: Russian

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