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A Biography of the Human Heart
Rodale
February 2011
On Sale: February 18, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 1605295841
EAN: 9781605295848
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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 cardiologistโwho happen to be brothersโ draw upon history, science, religion, popular culture, and literature to illuminate all of the heartโs physical and figurative chambers. Divided into six sections, The Sublime Engine traces the heartโs 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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