The heart has always captured the human imagination. It is
the repository of our deepest religious and
artistic impulses, the organ whose steady functioning is
understood, both literally and symbolically, as
the very life force itself. The Sublime Engine explores the
profound sense of awe every person feels when they ponder
the miracle encased within the ribs.
In this lyrical history, a critically acclaimed novelist and
a leading cardiologist—who happen to be brothers— draw upon
history, science, religion, popular culture, and literature
to illuminate all of the heart’s physical and figurative
chambers. Divided into six sections, The Sublime Engine
traces the heart’s sway over the human imagination from the
time of the Egyptians and ancient Greece, through the Middle
Ages and Renaissance, up to the modern era and beyond. More
than just a work of scientific or cultural history, it is a
biography of the single most important symbol of our
humanity. Erudite, witty, and unexpected, The Sublime Engine
makes the heart leap off the page.
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