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Vital Circuits: On Pumps, Pipes, and the Workings of Circulatory Systems

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Vital Circuits: On Pumps, Pipes, and the Workings of Circulatory Systems - Vogel, Steven
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Why is it a bad idea to hold your breath when you strain? Why does dust collect on the blades of a fan? These seemingly unrelated questions--and many, many more--are answered in the pages of Vital Circuits , an original and often witty guide to the workings of the circulatory system. Vogel ranges across physics, fluid mechanics, and chemistry to show how an enormous--and enormously complex--system of pumps and pipes works to keep the human body functioning, offering insight into such items as how heart disease develops and ...

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Vital Circuits: On Pumps, Pipes, and the Workings of Circulatory Systems 1993, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780195082692

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Vital Circuits: On Pumps, Pipes, and the Workings of Circulatory Systems 1992, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195071559

Hardcover