| The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher Contributor(s): Thomas, Lewis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140243194 ISBN-13: 9780140243192 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Science | Essays |
| Dewey: 570 |
| LCCN: 79001199 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.05" W x 7.77" (0.35 lbs) 160 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 71221 Reading Level: 9.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The medusa is a tiny jellyfish that lives on the ventral surface of a sea slug found in the Bay of Naples. Readers will find themselves caught up in the fate of the medusa and the snail as a metaphor for eternal issues of life and death as Lewis Thomas further extends the exploration of man and his world begun in The Lives of a Cell. Among the treasures in this magnificent book are essays on the human genius for making mistakes, on disease and natural death, on cloning, on warts, and on Montaigne, as well as an assessment of medical science and health care. In these essays and others, Thomas once again conveys his observations of the scientific world in prose marked by wonder and wit. |