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The Medusa and the Snail : More Notes of a Biology Watcher

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Exploring life and death through tiny creatures.

The Medusa and the Snail is a great read for biology enthusiasts who enjoy exploring creatures and processes that are not usually given much attention. The author's use of a tiny jellyfish and sea slug as a metaphor offers a unique perspective on eternal issues. The essays on the human genius for making mistakes and an assessment of medical science and health care are also valuable takeaways from the book. Overall, this book is a great blend of wonder and wit, and is highly recommended for anyone interested in biology.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for General Nonfiction (1980)
  • National Book Award for Science (Paperback) (1981)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Medusa and the Snail : More Notes of a Biology Watcher

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ISBN: 9780140243192
Authors: Lewis Thomas
Date of Publication: 1995-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, Nature, Creative Nonfiction, Philosophy
Goodreads rating: 4.08
(rated by 1767 readers)

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The medusa is a tiny jellfish 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 a 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.
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Exploring life and death through tiny creatures.

The Medusa and the Snail is a great read for biology enthusiasts who enjoy exploring creatures and processes that are not usually given much attention. The author's use of a tiny jellyfish and sea slug as a metaphor offers a unique perspective on eternal issues. The essays on the human genius for making mistakes and an assessment of medical science and health care are also valuable takeaways from the book. Overall, this book is a great blend of wonder and wit, and is highly recommended for anyone interested in biology.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for General Nonfiction (1980)
  • National Book Award for Science (Paperback) (1981)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.