The Beat of Life: A Surgeon Reveals the Secrets of the Heart

The Beat of Life: A Surgeon Reveals the Secrets of the Heart
Reinhard Friedl
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Hardback
h234 x 153mm - 320pg
15 Apr 2021 UK
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9781800316058
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The heart is our most important - and perhaps most mysterious - organ. Every day it pumps 9000 litres of blood and beats around 100,000 times. But the heart is more than just a pump. In all major human cultures, it is seen as the source of love, sympathy, joy, courage, strength and wisdom. Why is this so? Having witnessed the extraordinary complexity and unpredictability of human hearts in the operating theatre - each one individual in its make-up, like a fingerprint - heart surgeon Reinhard Friedl went on a search for answers. He examined closely the latest findings in neurocardiology and psychocardiology, and in The Beat of Life he shares his discoveries. In the tradition of Giulia Enders' Gut and Norman Doidge' s The Brain That Changes Itself, he uses riveting personal stories to illustrate the complex relationship between the heart, the brain and the psyche. The Beat of Life ends with a plea- that we recognise the heart' s wisdom and adopt a more heart-centred way of living, which will lead to greater health.
Dr Reinhard Friedl is an eminent German surgeon who has held thousands of hearts in his hands. He has operated on premature babies and repaired the heart valves of the very old, implanted artificial heart turbines and stitched up stabbing wounds to the heart. Shirley Seul is a professional author. Dr Gert Reifarth is a teacher of German at Scotch College, Melbourne. Born in the former East Germany, Gert has also worked in academia and theatre.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781800316058
Published: 15 Apr 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hero
Publisher: Legend Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 320

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