The Lives of a Cell

Name: The Lives of a Cell
Author: Lewis Thomas

by Lewis Thomas

Medical essays reflecting on cellular biology, systems thinking, and life's interconnection

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Lewis Thomas

Thomas's essays in The Lives of a Cell brought a physician's wonder and a poet's sensibility to cell biology and the philosophy of medicine. He was the most elegant essayist science writing has produced.

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