The story of the human heart through 11 ground-breaking operations
Thomas Morris worked for the BBC for seventeen years making programmes for Radio 4 and Radio 3. For five years he was the producer of In Our Time, and previously worked on Front Row, Open Book and The Film Programme. His freelance journalism has appeared in publications including The Times, The Lancet and The Cricketer. In 2015 he was awarded a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for non-fiction. He lives in London.
"Thrilling ... Significant and often immersive... The "dizzying" story of heart surgery is every bit as important as that of the nuclear, computer or rocket ages. And now it has been given the history it deserves" -- James McConnachie Sunday Times "The research that has gone into this book is simply staggering, and Morris has achieved much more than a history of heart operations... It is a study of human beings driven by Olympian ambition and bottomless curiosity. It is, in the end, a book about wonder. And a wonderful book." -- Frances Wilson Daily Telegraph "Thomas Morris does for the history of cardiac surgery what The Right Stuff and Hidden Figures did for the space race... The book is - appropriately - pulse-thumpingly gripping and will be enjoyed by anyone who, in any sense of the phrase, has a heart." -- Mark Lawson "Standing outside this precious and pressured world, Morris provides an even-handed and honest survey of the pioneers and their breakthroughs... intelligent" -- Wendy Moore The Times "Tremendous. An exhilarating sweep through ancient history and contemporary practice in surgery of the heart. It's rich in extraordinary detail and stories that will amaze you. A wonderful book." -- Melvyn Bragg
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