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Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart
- De: Mimi Swartz
- Narrado por: Lydia Mackay
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123
It wasn’t supposed to be this hard. If America could send a man to the moon, shouldn’t the best surgeons in the world be able to build an artificial heart? In Ticker, Texas Monthly executive editor and two time National Magazine Award winner Mimi Swartz shows just how complex and difficult it can be to replicate one of nature’s greatest creations. Part investigative journalism, part medical mystery, Ticker is a dazzling story of modern innovation, recounting 50 years of false starts, abysmal failures, and miraculous triumphs.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Didn’t hate it, didn’t like it.
- De Gotta Tellya en 09-07-18
A brainy book that’s all heart
I once interned at Texas Monthly, where Mimi Swartz was already an editorial dynamo who could dissect Ann Richards’s wardrobe and tell you where to get the best margarita in the state. She uses her investigative and narrative chops to thrilling effect with Ticker, a thoroughly riveting account of the quest to build an artificial heart. Highlighting the individual stories of cardiology pioneers and patients, Swartz goes inside the operating room and through complex ethical debates to ferret out answers to questions like, What makes the heart more special than other organs? If it’s just a pump, why can’t we create an artificial one that works long term? And what are the implications of extending life beyond nature’s law? Perfect pacing, fascinating characters, and intellectual provocations make Ticker a brainy book that listens like fiction.
