The Beating Heart by Robin Choudhury

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/124500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beating Heart Author: Robin Choudhury Narrator: Rory Alexander Format: mp3 Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins Release date: 10-10-24 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: History & Commentary Publisher's Summary: In The Beating Heart, Robin Choudhury explores how the heart has been represented over time and across cultures. He investigates the interplay between the heart depictions of successive eras and the prevailing cultural discourse – religious, social, philosophical – of each. In parallel, he considers how the ‘scientific’ understanding of the function of the heart has unfolded over 2,500 years, from the observations of Aristotle, through detailed anatomical descriptions beginning in the Renaissance, to the emergence of experimental physiology in the 17th century.