The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher
Lewis Thomas, M. D.
ISBN 10: 067079533X ISBN 13: 9780670795338
Published by Viking, 1983
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Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # V06C-03751
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The eminent physician-essayist combines an account of his life as a physician, researcher, and administrator with meditations on the practice and promise of medicine
About the Author: 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 president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute. He wrote regularly in the New England Journal of Medicine, and his essays were published in several collections, including The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher, which won two National Book Awards and a Christopher Award, and The Medusa and the Snail, which won the National Book Award in Science. He died in 1993.
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Title: The Youngest Science: Notes of a ...
Publisher: Viking
Publication Date: 1983
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included