ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Dr. Gert Reifarth teaches German at Scotch College, Melbourne. Born in the former East Germany, he has also worked in academia and theater.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraphs
Revealing the Heart
The Six-Cylinder Bio-Turbine
Heart on the Table
The Bleeding Heart
One Heart After Another
Chimeras of the Heart
The Colorful Neuroshow
Heart Tone
Wisdom from the Heart
Hearts in Sync
The Heart in the Incubator
What the Heart Can Feel
Danse Macabre
The Heart in the Eyes
Loving
The Lonely Heart
The Big Picture
Heart Consciousness
Heart Encounter
Farewell to the Artificial Heart
Homo cor
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Author and Translator
Copyright
First published in the United States by St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS. Copyright © 2019, 2021 by Reinhard Friedl. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. Copyright © English translation Gert Reifarth, 2021.
Originally published as Der Takt des Lebens. Warum das Herz unser wichtigstes Sinnesorgan ist by Reinhard Friedl, with Shirley Michaela Seul.
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This book is intended for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The experiences of patients described in this book have been fictionalized.
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Cover art: body diagram © Man_Half-tube/Getty Images; background © radionastya/Shutterstock.com
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Names: Friedl, Reinhard, author. | Seul, Shirley, 1962- author. | Reifarth, Gert, translator.
Title: The source of all things: a heart surgeon’s quest to understand our most mysterious organ / Dr. Reinhard Friedl with Shirley Michaela Seul; translated Gert Reifarth.
Other titles: Der Takt des Lebens. English
Description: First U. S. edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021016162 | ISBN 9781250274861 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250274878 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Heart—Physiology. | Cardiology.
Classification: LCC QP111.4 .F7513 2021 | DDC 612.1/7—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021016162
eISBN 9781250274878
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Originally published in Germany by Verlagsgruppe Random House GmBH, Munich, Germany, 2019
Published in Australia by Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Books, 2019
First U.S. Edition: 2021
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