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Lewis Thomas

Born

in Flushing, New York, The United States

November 25, 1913

Died

December 03, 1993

Genre

Science

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Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913–December 3, 1993) was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher.

Thomas was born in Flushing, New York and attended Princeton University and Harvard Medical School. He became Dean of Yale Medical School and New York University School of Medicine, and President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute. His formative years as an independent medical researcher were at Tulane University School of Medicine.

He was invited to write regular essays in the New England Journal of Medicine, and won a National Book Award for the 1974 collection of those essays, The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher. He also won a Christopher Award for this book. Two other colle ...more

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	The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher 4.14 avg rating — 10,483 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher 4.09 avg rating — 1,902 ratings — published 1974 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony 4.03 avg rating — 728 ratings — published 1983 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Youngest Science 4.12 avg rating — 670 ratings — published 1983 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fragile Species 3.93 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1992 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-Watcher 4.02 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Long Line of Cells 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lives of a Cell; The Medusa and the Snail, More Notes of A Biology Watcher; The Fragile Species and Late Night Thoughts On Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wonderful Mistake: Notes of a Biology Watcher Incorporating the Lives of a Cell and the Medusa and the Snail 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lives of a Cell/The Medusa and the Snail (Notes of a Biology Watcher, 2-Vol. 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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, The Lives of a Cell

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“The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th century science has been the discovery of human ignorance”
― Lewis Thomas

tags: ignorance

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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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