Rob Dunn: The Man Who Touched His Own Heart: True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery
Description
The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells 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.
Get to know Australia's fiercest, most dangerous and most amazing wildlife. Chances Are: Adventures in Probability download book Australia's Dangerous Creatures For Dummies provides a fascinating portrait of unique and deadly animals down-under -- including crocodiles, snakes, sharks, spiders and jellyfi sh. With a detailed description of each creature, its habitat and its typical behaviour, the authors also give you tips on observing them safely -- and what to do if you can't! Discover how to: * Survive in crocodile country * Avoid a snake bite * Identify deadly sea creatures * Spot spiders around the home * Treat bits, stings and other injuries * Observe creatures safely in the wild Hector travels from Paris to China to Africa to the United States, and along the way he keeps a list of observations about the people he meets. Combining the winsome appeal of"The Little Prince"with the inspiring philosophy of"The Alchemist," Hector s journey around the world and into the human soul is entertaining, empowering, and smile-inducing as winning in its optimism as it is wise in its simplicity."
____________________________
Author: Rob Dunn
Number of Pages: 384 pages
Published Date: 26 Feb 2015
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780316225793
Download Link: Click Here
____________________________
Tags:
iPad, download pdf, for mac, fb2, pocket, mobi, for PC,download torrent The Man Who Touched His Own Heart: True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery by Rob Dunn for mac,kindle, rarebook pdf,The Man Who Touched His Own Heart: True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery for PC,download ebook, iOS, Read online, paperback, free pdf, download torrent, ebook, book review, free ebook,download epub, iPhone, iPad, download book, Rob Dunn ebook pdf,zip, epub download, facebook,
