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The medusa and the snail : more notes of a biology watcher /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Lewis, 1913-1993
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking Press, 1979.
Subjects:
Biology.
Medicine.
Biology > Essays.
Medicine > Essays.
Biologie.
Médecine.
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 in 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 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.