I'm excited to be a part of the Spotlight Tour for Pump: A Natural History of the Heart by Bill Schutt! I received a free electronic copy for honest review from the publisher. Thanks so much to Algonquin Books and Bill Schutt for letting me be a part of the tour! This book is perfect for lifelong learners, and those interested in science.
Author: Bill Schutt
Published by: Algonquin Books
Released: September 13, 2022
Source: Electronic Review Copy Provided by Publisher
Synopsis: In this lively, unexpected look at the hearts of
animals—from fish to bats to humans—American Museum of Natural History
zoologist Bill Schutt tells an incredible story of evolution and
scientific progress. We join Schutt on a tour from the origins of
circulation, still evident in microorganisms today, to the tiny
hardworking pumps of worms and the golf-cart-sized hearts of blue
whales. We visit beaches where horseshoe crabs are being harvested for
their blood, which has properties that can protect humans from deadly
illnesses. We learn that when temperatures plummet, some frog hearts can
freeze solid for weeks, resuming their beat only after a spring thaw.
And we journey with Schutt through human history, too, as he traces
humanity’s cardiac fascination from the ancient Greeks and Egyptians,
who believed the heart contained the soul, all the way up to modern-day
laboratories, where scientists use animal hearts and even plants as the
basis for many of today’s cutting-edge therapies. Pump shows us this mysterious organ in a completely new light. (Synopsis from Goodreads)
Bill Schutt is a vertebrate zoologist and author of six nonfiction and fiction books, including Pump: A Natural History of the Heart and the New York Times Editor’s Choice, Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History.
Recently retired from his post as professor of biology at LIU Post, he
is a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, where
he has studied bats all over the world. His research has been featured
in Natural History magazine as well as in the New York Times, Newsday, the Economist, and Discover.
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