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Abstract
This biography of serial inventor and medical doctor Willem J. (“Pim”) Kolff is written by scientific/historical journalist Herman Broers. The book provides an objective and multi‐perspective account of the life and work of Dr. Kolff, who put an undisputed mark on the history of organ‐replacement devices by secretly inventing the first clinically functioning hemodialysis machine (in a Nazi‐occupied Holland) and later in the United States leading the team that realized the first implantable fully artificial heart. Besides offering a solid historical account, the book also describes the present revival of innovation in the artificial kidney field and contains valuable lessons for a broad variety of readers. Suitable for an audience ranging from medical professionals interested in technology & technologists interested in medicine, to patients & their families, as well as policy makers & research funding parties. The review of this scientific/historic book was composed using the recommendations of Gupta for book reviews of scientific and technical books. Additionally, the reviewer team, composed of a biomedical engineer, a dialysis patient, and a nephrologist, tried to distil some lessons that may be learned from the book.
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