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Originally published in hardcover in 2011.
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Author: Stephen Amidon ,
Thomas Amidon (Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry)
Publisher: Rodale Press
Imprint: Rodale Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 22.00cm
Weight: 0.422kg
ISBN: 9781605295848
ISBN 10: 1605295841
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 18 January 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
What a gem! Sparkling, multi-faceted, brilliant in every sense of the word. <br>--Joe McGinniss, author of Never Enough I cannot imagine a more enjoyable and informative, if not mesmerizing book, at once fascinating in detail and somehow larger than the sum of its parts. A biography of the heart is compelling because it isn't about the heart so much as it is about being human. And this condition is invoked and explored, made dramatic and compelling through an astonishing collection of historical details. A lovely book, moving, witty, and, of course, told with great heart. <br>--Craig Nova, author of The Informer and The Good Son No matter how much you think you know about the heart, you will be enlightened and entertained by this fascinating book. From its image as a religious icon and the seat of thoughts and feelings, we are led through the great discoveries of its function, its diseases, and its cures, including the most up-to-date therapies and promising clinical research. <br>-
What a gem! Sparkling, multi-faceted, brilliant in every sense of the word. Joe McGinniss, author of Never Enough I cannot imagine a more enjoyable and informative, if not mesmerizing book, at once fascinating in detail and somehow larger than the sum of its parts. A biography of the heart is compelling because it isn't about the heart so much as it is about being human. And this condition is invoked and explored, made dramatic and compelling through an astonishing collection of historical details. A lovely book, moving, witty, and, of course, told with great heart. Craig Nova, author of The Informer and The Good Son No matter how much you think you know about the heart, you will be enlightened and entertained by this fascinating book. From its image as a religious icon and the seat of thoughts and feelings, we are led through the great discoveries of its function, its diseases, and its cures, including the most up-to-date therapies and promising clinical research. William Parmley, M.D., former Chief of Cardiology, UCSF, past president of the American College of Cardiology
"""What a gem! Sparkling, multi-faceted, brilliant in every sense of the word."" --Joe McGinniss, author of Never Enough ""I cannot imagine a more enjoyable and informative, if not mesmerizing book, at once fascinating in detail and somehow larger than the sum of its parts. A biography of the heart is compelling because it isn't about the heart so much as it is about being human. And this condition is invoked and explored, made dramatic and compelling through an astonishing collection of historical details. A lovely book, moving, witty, and, of course, told with great heart."" --Craig Nova, author of The Informer and The Good Son ""No matter how much you think you know about the heart, you will be enlightened and entertained by this fascinating book. From its image as a religious icon and the seat of thoughts and feelings, we are led through the great discoveries of its function, its diseases, and its cures, including the most up-to-date therapies and promising clinical research."" --William Parmley, M.D., former Chief of Cardiology, UCSF, past president of the American College of Cardiology"
What a gem!  Sparkling, multi-faceted, brilliant in every sense of the word. <br>—Joe McGinniss, author of Never Enough  I cannot imagine a more enjoyable and informative, if not mesmerizing book, at once fascinating in detail and somehow larger than the sum of its parts. A biography of the heart is compelling because it isn’t about the heart so much as it is about being human. And this condition is invoked and explored, made dramatic and compelling through an astonishing collection of historical details. A lovely book, moving, witty, and, of course, told with great heart. <br>—Craig Nova, author of The Informer and The Good Son “No matter how much you think you know about the heart, you will be enlightened and entertained by this fascinating book.  From its image as a religious icon and the seat of thoughts and feelings, we are led through the great discoveries of its function, its diseases, and its cures, including the most
Author Information
Stephen Amidon is the author of six novels, including The New City and Human Capital. His fiction has been published in 15 countries, and he is a regular contributor of essays and criticism to newspapers and magazines in the United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Amidon, MD, has been cardiology section chief at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, WA, and a clinical instructor at Washington University. He is the author of dozens of articles and coauthor of the cardiology chapter in a topselling medical textbook.
