num_pages: 106
description: In 1628, William Harvey announced to the world his discovery of the circulation of the blood. Over 100 years before the Industrial revolution, man began to be understood using mechanical metaphors and Harvey's discoveries were integral to this. But Harvery himself descended from the Aristotelian tradition of anatomy. How did this great revolution come about?
language: English
title: Harvey's Heart: The Discovery of Blood Circulation
publisher: Icon,Totem Books