Books written by Lewis Thomas
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The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
A physician and cancer researcher shares his personal observations on the uniformity, diversity, interdependence, and strange powers of the earth's life forms
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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
stage of the construction of the hill, and then you go looking for a twig of exactly the right size for that stage and carry it back, up the flank of the hill, and put it in place, and then you go and do that thing again.
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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
A third collection of the physician-writer's essays explores the government's abandonment of support for scientific research, the folly of nuclear weaponry, and other topics of significance
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The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher
The Youngest Science is Dr. Thomas's account of his life in the medical profession and an inquiry into what medicine is all about--the youngest science, but one rich in possibility and promise.
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The Medical Implications of Nuclear War
Written by world-renowned scientists, this volume portrays the possible direct and indirect devastation of human health from a nuclear attack.
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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
This magnificent collection of essays by scientist and National Book Award-winning writer Lewis Thomas remains startlingly relevant for today’s world.
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The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
In these essays and others, Thomas once again conveys his observations of the scientific world in prose marked by wonder and wit.
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The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
A physician and cancer researcher shares his personal observations on the uniformity, diversity, interdependence, and strange powers of the earth's life forms
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The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
Lewis Thomas writes, "Once you have become permanently startled, as I am, by the realization that we are a social species, you tend to keep an eye out for the pieces of evidence that this is, by and large, good for us."
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细胞生命的礼赞: 一个生物学观察者的手记
本书内容包括:细胞生命的礼赞, 可用作倒计时的一些想法, 作为生物的社会, 这是世界的音乐, 说味, 作为生物的细胞器等.
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Lives of a Cell
Lives of a Cell
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The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
In these essays and others, Thomas once again conveys his observations of the scientific world in prose marked by wonder and wit.
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Fragile Species
The author's insights about a variety of natural phenomena contribute to our understanding of some of the great medical puzzles of the era. -- Back cover.
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Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-watcher
One of the best writiers of short essays in English.--Newsweek