The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
More Notes of a Biology Watcher
$43.33
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1995
Summary
The medusa is a tiny jellfish that lives on the ventral surface of a sea slug found in the Bay of Naples. Readers will find themselves caught up in the fate of the medusa and the snail as a metaphor for eternal issues of life and death as Lewis Thomas further extends the exploration of a man and his world begun in “The Lives of a Cell.” Among the treasures in this magnificent book are essays on the human genius for making mistakes, on disease and natural death, on cloning, on warts, and on Mo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140243192 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140243194 |
| Author: | Lewis Thomas |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1995 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 128mm x 197mm |
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About The Author
Lewis Thomas
Thomas was a physician, researcher, author, and teacher best known for his essays, which contain lucid meditations and reflections on a wide range of topics. He was a former dean of New York University Medical School and president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
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