1 Introduction 1
2 Threats to the Heart: A Thousand Natural Shocks 9
3 The Science of the Really Small 29
4 Big Data--Many Hearts that Beat as One? 45
5 The Plastic Heart 69
6 The Responsive Heart--Emotion in Motion 83
7 Can You (Not) Die of a Broken Heart? 99
8 The Gendered Heart 119
9 The Mechanical Heart 135
10 Can Stem Cells Help Us Grow a New Heart? 151
11 When Will the Future be Here? 173
Acknowledgments 193
Notes 195
Index 215

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1
2 Threats to the Heart: A Thousand Natural Shocks 9
3 The Science of the Really Small 29
4 Big Data--Many Hearts that Beat as One? 45
5 The Plastic Heart 69
6 The Responsive Heart--Emotion in Motion 83
7 Can You (Not) Die of a Broken Heart? 99
8 The Gendered Heart 119
9 The Mechanical Heart 135
10 Can Stem Cells Help Us Grow a New Heart? 151
11 When Will the Future be Here? 173
Acknowledgments 193
Notes 195
Index 215

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