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By Lewis Thomas

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Category: Science

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Jan 01, 1995 | ISBN 9780140243192

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Jan 01, 1995 | ISBN 9781101667064

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    About The Medusa and the Snail

    The medusa is a tiny jellyfish 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 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 Montaigne, as well as an assessment of medical science and health care. In these essays and others, Thomas once again conveys his observations of the scientific world in prose marked by wonder and wit.

    About The Medusa and the Snail

    The medusa is a tiny jellyfish 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 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 Montaigne, as well as an assessment of medical science and health care. 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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    Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
    The Lives of a Cell
    See all books by Lewis Thomas

    About Lewis Thomas

    Lewis Thomas was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Medical School, he was the dean of Yale Medical School and New York University School of Medicine, and the… More about Lewis Thomas

    About Lewis Thomas

    Lewis Thomas was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Medical School, he was the dean of Yale Medical School and New York University School of Medicine, and the… More about Lewis Thomas

    Product Details

    Category: Science

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jan 01, 1995 | 160 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140243192

    Category: Science

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jan 01, 1995 | 192 Pages | ISBN 9781101667064
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    Table Of Contents

    The Medusa and the Snail
    The Tucson Zoo
    The Youngest and Brightest Thing Around
    On Magic in Medicine
    The Wonderful Mistake
    Ponds
    To Err Is Human
    The Selves
    The Health-Care System
    On Cloning a Human Being
    On Etymons and Hybrids
    The Hazards of Science
    On Warts
    On Transcendental Metaworry (TMW)
    An Apology
    On Disease
    On Natural Death
    A Trip Abroad
    On Meddling
    On Committees
    The Scrambler in the Mind
    Notes on Punctuation
    The Deacon’s Masterpiece
    How to Fix the Premedical Curriculum
    A Brief Historical Note on Medical Economics
    Why Montaigne Is Not a Bore
    On Thinking About Thinking
    On Embryology
    Medical Lessons from History

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