#1651: You gotta have heart | The Best Of Our Knowledge

May 13, 2022 00:27:41
#1651: You gotta have heart | The Best Of Our Knowledge
The Best Of Our Knowledge
#1651: You gotta have heart | The Best Of Our Knowledge

May 13 2022 | 00:27:41

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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.

We’ll also spend an Academic Minute about a foot and a half higher with the brain.

Photo: Workman Publishing.

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