Main Title |
The medusa and the snail : more notes of a biology watcher / |
Author |
Thomas, Lewis,
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Publisher |
Viking Press, |
Year Published |
1979 |
OCLC Number |
04665568 |
ISBN |
0670465682; 9780670465682 |
Subjects |
Biology ;
Medicine ;
medicines (material) ;
Biologie ;
MĂ©decine ;
Biologie expérimentale
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Additional Subjects |
Biology--Addresses, essays, lectures ;
Medicine--Addresses, essays, lectures
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EKBM |
QH311.T56 1979 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
08/31/2011 |
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Collation |
x, 175 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents Notes |
The Medusa and the snail -- The Tucson Zoo -- The youngest and brightest thing around -- On magic in medicine -- The wonderful mistake -- Ponds -- To err is 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 disease -- 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. Includes material on warts, DNA, cloning, and medical economics. |