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Lewis Thomas (1913–1993)

Author of The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher

Includes the names: Lews Thomas, Lewis Thomas, Lewisl Thomas, Lewis Thomas ed., M. D. Lewis Thomas
Also includes: L. THOMAS (1)

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The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher 1,320 copies, 15 reviews
The Medusa and the Snail 689 copies, 8 reviews
Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony 545 copies, 4 reviews
The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher (Alfred P. Sloan… 275 copies, 2 reviews
The Fragile Species 195 copies, 1 review
Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-Watcher 148 copies, 4 reviews
A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays 33 copies
Notes of a Biology Watcher (boxed Set of 2 Books: The Lives of a Cell and… 19 copies
The Prairie West to 1905 : a Canadian sourcebook 5 copies
Last Aid: The Medical Dimensions of Nuclear War 5 copies
The Incredible Machine 5 copies
Een brein op een miljoen pootjes 2 copies
Medusa y el caracol 1 copy
La medusa y el caracol 1 copy

Rambling through astronomy as it comes of age 1 copy

Gomer Bifan. Drama Gymreig mewn Pedair Act. 1 copy

The Fragile Species: Medical Articles 1 copy

Treasury of human inheritance Volume 1 1 copy

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Darwin (Norton Critical Edition) (Contributor) 406 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Essays of the Century (Contributor) 402 copies, 5 reviews
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (Contributor) 209 copies
Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution (Foreword) 161 copies
The Incredible Machine (Foreword) 146 copies, 1 review
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (Contributor) 99 copies, 1 review
The Best American Essays 1993 (Contributor) 87 copies
A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology (Contributor - Essayist, Novelist, Physician, Teacher) 45 copies

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