Lewis Thomas




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avg rating: 4.19 | 1,290 ratings | 212 reviews | 14 distinct works | 5 fans
A General Theory of Love A General Theory of Love
by Lewis Thomas, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon
avg rating 4.19 — 426 ratings — published 2000
2 editions
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Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Bi... Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Lewis Thomas
avg rating 4.28 — 395 ratings — published 1974
14 editions
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The Medusa and the Snail: More... The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Lewis Thomas
avg rating 4.22 — 149 ratings — published 1979
8 editions
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Late Night Thoughts on Listeni... Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
by Lewis Thomas
avg rating 4.03 — 105 ratings — published 1983
9 editions
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The Youngest Science The Youngest Science
by Lewis Thomas
avg rating 3.98 — 57 ratings — published 1983
5 editions
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The Fragile Species The Fragile Species
by Lewis Thomas
avg rating 3.79 — 33 ratings — published 1992
2 editions
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Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of... Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-Watcher
by Lewis Thomas
avg rating 3.79 — 19 ratings — published 1990
4 editions
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The Wonderful Mistake: Notes o... The Wonderful Mistake: Notes of a Biology Watcher - "Lives of a Cell" and "Medusa and the Snail"
by Lewis Thomas
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1988
2 editions
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The Pro/Am book of Music and M... The Pro/Am book of Music and Mythology, Volume 1: An Encyclopaedia Reading Reference Guide to the Appearance of Music in the World's Great Mythologies. (Pro - Am Book of Music & Mythology)
by Lewis Thomas
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1992
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Granta 16: Science Granta 16: Science
by Lewis Thomas
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1985
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"The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music."
Lewis Thomas (Lives of a Cell, The)
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"Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise. "
Lewis Thomas
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"Have you noticed how often it happens that a really good idea -- the kind of idea that looks, as it approaches, like the explanation for everything about everything -- tends to hover near at hand when you are thinking hard about something quite different? There you are, halfway into a taxi, thinking about the condition of the cartilage in the right knee joint, and suddenly, with a whirring sound, in flies a new notion looking for a place to light. You'd better be sure you have a few bare spots, denuded of anything like thought, ready for its perching, or it will fly away into the dark."
Lewis Thomas (The Youngest Science)
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