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Guides the reader through the realms of biology and physics in order to provide an original account of how the heart and circulatory system actually work. The author relives early discoveries, offers advice on health and fitness, and compares human life-systems with those of animals.
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what Vogel has achieved is an extremely well-written scientific "novel" ... a source of very valuable information. This book brings back the days when scientific texts were written not only to put forth hard scientific information but also to entertain and delight. Recommended for students enrolled in anatomy and physiology courses as well as those who enjoy reading "science". (R.G. McGee Jr, Walters State Community College, Choice, Oct '92)
Vogel won the first Irving and Jean Stone prize for Science Writing for Public Understanding with his previous book Life's devices. He could win it again with this masterpiece. (Gordon Wright)
The author ... approaches this demanding task with a keen intelligence savoured by humour and a propensity for a multidisciplinary synthesis. There is considerable stimulation and satisfaction to be gained from reading a book which is so engagingly written and well integrated by virtue of its many facted approach. A spirit of enquiry imbues the text consequently the reader can savour the excitement of scientific discovery. In so doing a wealth of authentic and fastidiously researched information is made painlessly accessible to the non-specialist. (Biological Book Reviews 1993)
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Vogel won the first Irving and Jean Stone prize for Science Writing for Public Understanding with his previous book Life's devices. He could win it again with this masterpiece. (Gordon Wright)
The author ... approaches this demanding task with a keen intelligence savoured by humour and a propensity for a multidisciplinary synthesis. There is considerable stimulation and satisfaction to be gained from reading a book which is so engagingly written and well integrated by virtue of its many facted approach. A spirit of enquiry imbues the text consequently the reader can savour the excitement of scientific discovery. In so doing a wealth of authentic and fastidiously researched information is made painlessly accessible to the non-specialist. (Biological Book Reviews 1993)
About the Author: Steven Vogel is Professor of Zoology at Duke University. His most recent book Life's Devices, which Nature hailed as "brilliant and eccentric," won the first Irving and Jean Stone Prize for Science Writing for Public Understanding.
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- Publication date1992
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