Heart by Sandeep Jauhar5/28/2023 Lawlor does a fine job in his performance, though I find he has a tendency to overpronounce everything, like he's trying to make a monologue clear to the back of a theater instead of simply reading to someone at close range. I found many answers that I didn't know I was looking for. With a history of cardiac arrest in my own family, I felt a draw to the subject material. He discussed his grandfather's death from a heart attack and how it has haunted him throughout his life. I bought the book because I heard an interview on NPR with Dr. I pushed on, however, and the rest of the book returned to clarity. The writing is clear and understandable to the layman for the most part, with a notable exception for the chapter discussing electrocardiology, which threatened to derail my progress. Jauhar begins most chapters with a personal anecdote and then relates it to a point of historical importance. The book is filled with many interesting medical personalities and their often crazy quests for answers to the mysteries of the heart. I'm likely the target audience for this book: someone with little knowledge of medicine (I'm a musician) but curious about how life works. Jauhar has written an engaging book about the history of the heart and cardiology, focusing largely on the advances in the last 150 years but including references throughout history.
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