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Pump : a natural history of the heart
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- ISBN: 9781616208936
- ISBN: 1616208937
- ISBN: 9781643752143
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Physical Description:
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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 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology SCIENCE / Natural History SCIENCE / History Heart Heart Anatomy |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 612.1 SCH (Text) | 000162505 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Pump : A Natural History of the Heart
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Pump : A Natural History of the Heart
Bill Schutt is a vertebrate zoologist and author of six nonfiction and fiction books, including Pump: A Natural History of the Heart and the New York Times Editor's Choice, Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History . Recently retired from his post as professor of biology at LIU Post, he is a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, where he has studied bats all over the world. His research has been featured in Natural History magazine as well as in the New York Times , Newsday , the Economist , and Discover . This author is represented by the Hachette Speakers Bureau .
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