Christiaan Barnard

Autorentext
Andrea Schwendemann leitet das Büro für Zeitschriften- und Buchentwicklung in Hamburg. Sie konzipiert Sachbücher und Zeitschriften für Erwachsene und Kinder. Außerdem schreibt sie Reportagen und Interviews für Spiegel Online, GEO Saison, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC und die taz.

Klappentext

From humble beginnings as `barefoot boy' from a small town in South Africa, Barnard learned to mix with presidents and prime ministers, with royalty and popes, and embraced the high-life of the jet-set. After becoming the first surgeon to successfully transplant a human heart he remained in the public eye through his gifts for speaking and writing.

Zusammenfassung
From humble beginnings as `barefoot boyâ™ from a small town in South Africa, Barnard learned to mix with presidents and prime ministers, with royalty and popes, and embraced the high-life of the jet-set. After becoming the first surgeon to successfully transplant a human heart he remained in the public eye through his gifts for speaking and writing.