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More copies of this ISBNThe Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcherby Lewis Thomas
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdependence of all things. Extending beyond the usual limitations of biological science and into a vast and wondrous world of hidden relationships, this provocative book explores in personal, poetic essays to topics such as computers, germs, language, music, death, insects, and medicine. 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." Table of ContentsThe Lives of a Cell Thoughts for a Countdown On Societies as Organisms A Fear of Pheromones The Music of This Sphere An Earnest Proposal The Technology of Medicine Vibes Ceti The Long Habit Antaeus in Manhattan The MBL Autonomy Organelles as Organisms Germs Your Very Good Health Social Talk Information Death in the Open Natural Science Natural Man The Iks Computers The Planning of Science Some Biomythology On Various Words Living Language On Probability and Possibility The World's Biggest Membranes Reference Notes What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
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