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The Medusa and the Snail by Lewis Thomas 2013 Unabridged CD 9781470889746
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781470889746
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Compact Disc
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Medusa and the Snail : more Notes of a Biology Watcher
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
- Genre
- Nature, Science
- Topic
- Life Sciences / Biology, Essays
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1470889749
ISBN-13
9781470889746
eBay Product ID (ePID)
164705335
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2013
Book Title
Medusa and the Snail : more Notes of a Biology Watcher
Topic
Life Sciences / Biology, Essays
Language
English
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Compact Disc
Dimensions
Item Length
5.7 In.
Item Width
5.2 In.
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Trade
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Reviews
[Thomas] manages to be poet, scientist, social critic, and everyman, while writing with prose so clear it's like looking through a jellyfish., If Montaigne had possessed a deep knowledge of twentieth-century biology, he would have been Lewis Thomas., Varying in length and topic, these essays address death, cloning, symbiotic relationships in nature, as well as a wide range of other subjects.
Edition Description
Unabridged edition
Synopsis
Lewis Thomas has been said to be a philosopher who uses the language of biology. His fascinating observations on the quirkiness of the world's infinite creations causes listeners to ponder the workings of the cosmos through the most microscopic of life forms. The medusa, a tiny jellyfish that lives on the ventral surface of a sea slug found in the Bay of Naples, becomes a metaphor for eternal issues of life and death as Thomas further extends the exploration of man and his world which he began 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 his eloquent prose marked by wonder and wit.
Number of Pages
4 pages
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