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- Book Synopsis
- This book has come about serendipitously. A heart surgeon suddenly decides to write after Covid Pandemic. He writes on no particular thing, but on the generality of life. This comprises a series of essays on a variety of subjects which include philosophy, cosmology, religion, culture, science, travelogues and other subjects. Of the big questions of life, he volunteers no answers, apart from framing the questions in his own way, believing questions to be more important. There are a few essays on anatomy, surgery and medicine, but, apart from cross-circulation and his late "chief", Stanley John, who he calls the "Saint of Vellore", very little on heart surgery. This is deliberate, as he intends to devote his next book to his experiences in heart surgery. All through these essays, the author's respect for all life, and human life, in particular, shines through: "Having beaten 1 in 400 trillion odds of being born on earth, each one of us is lucky to live and lucky to die". History, religion, science and philosophy walk into a bar and spend the night defining the "truth". The result is 101 provocative essays, commentaries, poems. Here, questions are more important than answers and thinking takes precedence over knowing. No verdicts emerge, either. Not surprisingly, curiosity surpasses certainty and reflective wonder is of more value than conclusions
- About The Author
- Pankaj Kaul is a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon by profession, in the UK. He has performed over six thousand heart operations in his 39-year cardiac surgical career and continues to operate with the same intensity as before. He has been published widely in peer reviewed cardiac surgical journals, addressing the entire spectrum of adult cardiac surgery. He is on the Editorial Board of a large number of cardiothoracic journals and holds membership of many national and international cardiothoracic societies. He has a well-recognised teaching and training profile at undergraduate, post-graduate, regional and national levels and is a recipient of many clinical excellence awards. This is his first attempt at writing on anything beyond cardiac surgery. Not surprisingly, however, he has written two books together, a kind of twin adventure, a diptych, hinged together by a common post covid effort. This book, Atom to Cell to Idea, the first of the twins, has a wider compass and deals with a variety of subjects touching philosophy, science, religion, culture and politics. The second book, Sharda, Vitasta and Haerath, is a diasporic reminiscence of Kashmir, a land that might have changed externally but that is caressed agelessly in the heart of every Kashmiri.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781919564609
- Format
- Book
- Publisher
- Pankaj Kaul, (28 November 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 554
- Weight
- 600 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 mm
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