Pump : a natural history of the heart / Bill Schutt ; illustrations by Patricia J. Wynne.
"Zoologist Bill Schutt delivers a look at hearts from across the animal kingdom, from insects to whales to humans. Illustrated with black-and-white line drawings"-- Provided by publisher.
Schutt, a zoologist, tells an incredible story of evolution and scientific progress with a likely look at the hearts of animals, from fish to bats to humans. He takes us on a tour from the origins of circulation, still evident in microorganisms today, to the tiny hardworking pumps of worms, to the golf-cart-size hearts of blue whales. And we journey with Schutt through human history, too, as philosophers and scientists hypothesize, often wrongly, about what makes our ticker tick. Throughout, Schutt shows us this mysterious organ in a completely new light. -- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616208936
- ISBN: 1616208937
- Physical Description: 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: A small town with a big heart -- Wild at heart. Size matters I ; Size matters II ; Blue blood and bad sushi ; Insects, sump pumps, giraffes, and Mothra ; On the vertebrate beat ; Out in the cold ; Ode to Baby Fae -- What we know and what we thought we knew. Heart and soul: the ancient and medieval cardiovascular system ; What goes in... ; The barber's bite and the strangled heart -- From bad to better. Hear here: from stick to stethoscope ; Don't try this at home... unless accompanied by a very special nurse ; "Hearts and minds"... sort of ; What becomes of the brokenhearted? ; What's snakes got to do, got to do with it? ; Grow your own. |
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Subject: | Heart. Heart > Anatomy. |
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Exeter Community Library | 612.17 SCH (Text) | 33249025310388 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | 612.17 SCHUTT (Text)
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Dr. Elizabeth T. Wood Named Endowment, 2021
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35740635776750 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | 612.17 SCH (Text) | 92524906 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
Juniata County Library | 612.17 SCH (Text) | 39640100620465 | JUNM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Parkland Community Library | 612.17 SCH (Text) | 34422007228170 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County | Adults 612.1 SCH Nonfiction (Text) | 34318001193610 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | 612.17 SCHU (Text) | 34455006832873 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
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Wayne County Public Library | 612.17 SCH (Text)
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