Pump by Bill Schutt

A Natural History of the Heart

A lively popular-science account that follows the heart across evolution, anatomy, medicine and culture, weaving natural-history examples, clinical stories and research to explain how different animals’ pumps developed, how human hearts work and fail, and how medical interventions have changed outcomes; the book mixes vivid storytelling with clear explanations to illuminate why the heart is central to biology, behavior and our ideas about life and death.

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