The sublime engine
Subtitle: a biography of the human heart
By: Stephen Amidon and Thomas Amidon
Contributors: Amidon, Thomas W.
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Emmaus, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781605295848
Subjects: Heart; Religious aspects; Popular works; Heart in art; Heart in literature
Description: A lyrical history of the human heart draws on scientific, religious, and literary sources to reveal the heart's role in human imagination and culture from the ancient world to today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ancient heart; title: Sacred heart; title: Renaissance heart; title: Morbid heart; title: Current heart; title: Future heart.