Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Authors Note xi
Prologue 1
Part I Escape from the Dark Ages 11
1 A Day like All Days 13
2 "What Man Meant for Evil, God Meant for Good" 25
3 A River of Blood 36
4 The Pain of the Pioneer 48
5 A Hill of Bones 56
6 An Impossible Dream 75
Part II The Industrial Revolution 93
7 Electrifying Discoveries 95
8 The Heart That Skipped a Beat 103
9 Singed Wings 118
10 How to Win a Nobel Prize 125
Part III The Past Creates the Present 133
11 One Man's Disaster is Another Man's Breakthrough 135
12 When the Pampas Came to Cleveland 143
13 Expanding Horizons 155
14 "The Ship Has Weather'd Every Rack, The Prize We Sought Is Won" 164
15 Merging Streams 186
16 The Clot Busters 201
17 The Birth of Biotechnology 212
18 A Balloon in Zürich 219
19 Conquering Atlanta 232
20 Pricking Andreas's Balloon 239
Part IV How to Conquer Coronary Artery Disease 251
21 Why Do Atheromas Form in Blood Vessels? 253
22 Plaque Rupture, Heart Attack, and Sudden Death 264
23 A Moldy Gift 274
24 Yosemite 284
25 Conquering Cad in Our Lifetime 295
26 The Present Creates the Future 318
27 "Attention Must Be Paid" 335
Notes 341
Glossary 369
Index 373