The I Index

Pump: A Natural History of the Heart

Maybe someday

35

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

21/100

Critics

50/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Bill Schutt, Patricia J. Wynne

Publisher:

Algonquin Books

Date:

September 21, 2021

Zoologist Bill Schutt delivers a look at hearts from across the animal kingdom, from insects to whales to humans. Illustrated with black-and-white line drawings.

What The Reviewers Say

Rebecca Foster,
Foreword Reviews
... entertaining.
John J. Ross,
The Wall Street Journal
... fascinating.
Henry Nicholls,
Nature
His book Pump refuses to tie the heart off from the circulatory system, and instead uses it to explore how multicellular organisms have found various ways to solve the same fundamental challenge.
Robert Eagan,
Library Journal
Schutt turns his wry lens on the heart and circulatory system in this entertaining read.