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This year the second edition of The Heart and Circulation: An Integrative Model by Branko Furst, M.D. was published by Springer Nature. We reviewed the first edition in In Context #31 (2014). The new edition has a whole new section encompassing 100 pages that focuses specifically on the heart and circulation in the human being. As Furst writes,

It is my hope that this expanded version of the text will inspire new avenues of thought and stimulate further exploration of ideas that will deepen our understanding of the heart and circulation and thus bring us a step closer to “what makes a human being human.”

Cardiac surgeon Roland Hetzer writes in a forward to the book: “the hallmark of his thesis is the renunciation of the cardio-centric view of the circulatory system, which regards the heart as the motor of blood flow, while providing a view of the importance of the peripheral circulatory system . . . this book brings a significant gain of knowledge.”

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This winter, the authorized edition of Threefoldness in Humans and Mammals by Wolfgang Schad will be published by SteinerBooks. We printed an excerpt of the previous edition in In Context #41 (2019). This in-depth (1300 pages in two volumes with color photos) treatment of dynamic morphology is a one-of-a-kind study. It shows the truly integrated nature of animal forms, and is a treasure trove of insight into the biology of animals.