Penguin Books, May Date: 1995. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. 1995. Penguin Books ISBN 0140243283 9780140243284 [US]

ISBN10: 0140243283, ISBN13: 9780140243284, [publisher: Penguin] Softcover This magnificent collection of essays by scientist and National Book Award-winning writer Lewis Thomas remains startlingly relevant for today%u2019s world. Luminous, witty, and provocative, the essays address such topics as %u201CThe Attic of the Brain,%u201D %u201CFalsity and Failure,%u201D %u201CAltruism,%u201D and the effects the federal government%u2019s virtual abandonment of support for basic scientific research will have on medicine and science. Profoundly and powerfully, Thomas questions the folly of nuclear weaponry, showing that the brainpower and money spent on this endeavor are needed much more urgently for the basic science we have abandoned%u2014and that even medicine%u2019s most advanced procedures would be useless or insufficient in the face of the smallest nuclear detonation. And in the title essay, he addresses himself with terrifying poignancy to the question of what it is like to be young in the nuclear age. %u201CIf Wordsworth had gone to medical school, he might have produced something very like the essays of Lewis Thomas.%u201D%u2014TIME %u201CNo one better exemplifies what modern medicine can be than Lewis Thomas.%u201D%u2014The New York Times Book Review Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual ...

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Penguin Books, May Date: 1995. Mass Market . 4 PB Extra Nice +5%. 1995. Penguin Books ISBN 0140243283 9780140243284 [US]

New York: Penguin Books. VG In Wraps. Lightly worn, Pages Lightly Toning. Text clean. Pages: 168.. Date: 1995. Later Printing. Trade Paperback.. 1995. Penguin Books ISBN 0140243283 9780140243284 [US]

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New York: Penguin, Date: 1995. Softcover. Fine. First penguin paperback. Fine in wrappers. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. 1995. Penguin ISBN 0140243283 9780140243284 [US]

Penguin Books, Date: 1995-05-01. Paperback. Used:Good. 1995. Penguin Books ISBN 0140243283 9780140243284 [US]

ISBN10: 0140243283, ISBN13: 9780140243284, [publisher: Penguin Books] Softcover
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ISBN10: 0140243283, ISBN13: 9780140243284, [publisher: Penguin Publishing Group] Softcover 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 o.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1995]
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