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Reviewed on August 1, 2012 | Science and Technology
Though it's hard now to imagine the concept of the heart circulating blood as a groundbreaking theory, as Wright (Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde) explains, in 17th-century England it was a radical departure from conventional wisdom. Although ridiculed by traditionalists who followed the work of the ancient Roman physician Galen, who thought the heart created but did no...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
