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Author Peto, James.

Title The heart / edited by James Peto
Published New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, [2007]
©2007

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 W'PONDS  611.12 Pet/Hea  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 254 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents 1. The human heart : an overview / Louisa Young -- Interview : Terence English -- 2. The anatomised heart : understanding the pump / Jonathan Miller -- Interview : Peter Allinson -- 3. The Renaissance heart : the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci / Francis Wells -- Interview : Francis Wells -- 4. The sacred heart : Christian symbolism / Emily Jo Sargent -- Interview : Mike St. Maur Sheil -- 5. The emotional heart : mind body and soul / Fay Bound Alberti -- Interview : Martin Elliott -- 6. The transplanted heart : surgery in the 1960s / Ayesha Nathoo -- Interview : Meera Rajan -- 7. The beating heart : same song - different rhythm / Ted Bianco -- Interview : Gurleen Sharland -- 8. The broken heart : the story of 'Heartbreak Hotel' / Michael Bracewell -- Interview : Chris Rodley -- 9. Sick at heart : appetite versus technology in the twenty-first century / Jon Turney
Summary "This book explores the history of our understanding of the heart from the ancient world to the present. Illustrated with images from across the world, it provides a vivid account of our changing persceptions of what the heart does and what it stands for." "The many meanings of the heart are reflected in the diverse approaches adopted by the contributors, whether through the meticulous drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, an examination of how organ transplanation prompted questions about the true source of life, or through pop songs and religion. The book also highlights the newest developments in cardiac surgery and considers future alternatives, while interviews with surgeons and patients reveal professional and personal relationships with this miraculous and intriguing organ."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name at the Wellcome Collection, London, summer 2007
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Heart -- Anatomy -- Exhibitions.
Heart -- Symbolic aspects -- Exhibitions.
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Author Peto, James.
Wellcome Collection.
LC no. 2007009220
ISBN 9780300125108 :
0300125100 :