The Man Who Touched His Own Heart: True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316225797 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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The secret history of our most vital organ--the human heartThe Man Who Touched His Own Hearttells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries-which had to be completed in three minutes before death arrived-to heart transplants and the latest medical efforts to prolong our hearts' lives, almost defying nature in the process.Thought of as the seat of our soul, then as a mysteriously animated object, the heart is still more a mystery than it is understood. Why do most animals only get one billion beats? (And how did modern humans get to over two billion-effectively letting us live out two lives?) Why are sufferers of gingivitis more likely to have heart attacks? Why do we often undergo expensive procedures when cheaper ones are just as effective? What do Da Vinci, Mary Shelley, and contemporary Egyptian archaeologists have in common? And what does it really feel like to touch your own heart, or to have someone else's beating inside your chest? Rob Dunn's fascinating history of our hearts brings us deep inside the science, history, and stories of the four chambers we depend on most.
For Everyone Les Barrett This book is well-written without fluff. It's subject should be of interest to anyone who appreciates their life and sees value in what age can bring.. "Raucous, gory, mesmerizing? Yes!" according to Angie Boyter. One in three adults in the modern world dies of a cardiovascular disease, and heart diseases are the most common congenital diseases in children. In The Man Who Touched His Own Heart, evolutionary biologist Rob Dunn explores all aspects of this vital organ: how it functions, how it malfunctions, and the factors affecting its functioning. The scientific information is fascinating, b. Hearth of Living I hate hospitals and hate being sick so I attend my healthy happiness by doing everything possible to stay healthy which happen to be SPORTS, DIET and LESS STRESS. I am well educated about human machine but after this book, after the amazing stories and accomplishment by those geniuses, I have to admit that I look at my heart considerably different. They should make a documentary w
. He is the author of The Wild Life of Our Bodies and Every Living Thing, and his magazine work is published widely, including in National Geographic, Natural History, New Scientist, Scientific American, and Smithsonian. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has a PhD from the Universi
Author Rob Dunn weaves a fascinating tale of the science and humanism that underlie how mankind has worked to understand and control our most vital organ."Aaron Baggish, Associate Director of the Cardiovascular Performance Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center"Dunn reminds us that the heart remains a fascinating, far-from-understood organ with an incredible biologic and cultural history. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in the heart, in medical history, or in dramatic and improbable stories from the field of medicine."Yevgeniya Nusinovich, Science"From the tale of the African American doctor in a poor hospital who first dared pierce a beating heart with a surgical needle, Rob Dunn's stirring chronicle of the triumphs and tragedies that have informed our fragile understanding of the heart beats with the energy and emotion worthy of his subj