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Rob Dunn, The Man Who Touched His Own Heart

Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolution at NCSU, Rob Dunn discusses the heart muscle.

Aired 06/26/2015 | Rating NR

NC Bookwatch

Rob Dunn, The Man Who Touched His Own Heart

Season 17 Episode 1719 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolution at NCSU, Rob Dunn discusses the heart muscle.

Humans get nearly two billion heartbeats in a lifetime, while most animals only get about one billion. The heart has a fascinating history of how we view it. Including the story of a Chicago bar fight that prompted the first surgeon to fix a heart. All told in The Man Who Touched His Own Heart.

Aired 06/26/2015 | Rating NR

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NC Bookwatch

Rob Dunn, The Man Who Touched His Own Heart

Season 17 Episode 1719 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Humans get nearly two billion heartbeats in a lifetime, while most animals only get about one billion. The heart has a fascinating history of how we view it. Including the story of a Chicago bar fight that prompted the first surgeon to fix a heart. All told in The Man Who Touched His Own Heart.

Aired 06/26/2015 | Rating NR

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