#1617: Ya Gotta Have Heart | The Best Of Our Knowledge

September 17, 2021 00:27:29
#1617: Ya Gotta Have Heart | The Best Of Our Knowledge
The Best Of Our Knowledge
#1617: Ya Gotta Have Heart | The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sep 17 2021 | 00:27:29

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Show Notes

When Bill Schutt writes a book, it tends to get messy, at least his non-fiction books. His first was called “Dark Banquet” which dealt with vampire bats and other creatures who feed on blood. To follow that up he wrote “Cannibalism – A Perfectly Natural History,” which dealt with…well I think you know what that dealt with. Now he is back with a volume that every living creature can identify with. It’s called “Pump – A Natural History of the Heart.” Bill Schutt is a zoologist, Emeritus Professor of Biology at LIU Post, and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. I asked Dr. Schutt why he took on the heart.

We’ve spent a lot of time talking about the heart today. Let’s move up about a foot and a half and spend a little time with the brain. That’s the topic of today’s Academic Minute. 

Photo courtesy of Workman Publishing.

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