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Author Thomas, Lewis, 1913-1993.

Title Late night thoughts on listening to Mahler's Ninth symphony / Lewis Thomas.

Publication Info. New York : Viking Press, 1983.

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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  501 THOMAS    Check Shelf
Description vi, 168 pages ; 21 cm
Contents The unforgettable fore -- The corner of the eye -- Making science work -- Alchemy -- Clever animals -- On smell -- My magical metronome -- On speaking of speaking -- Seven wonders -- The artificial heart -- Things unflattened by science -- Basic science and the Pentagon -- Science and "science" -- On the need for asylums -- Altruism -- Falsity and failure -- On medicine and the bomb -- The problem of dementia -- The lie detector -- Some scientific advice -- The attack of the brain -- Humanities and science -- On maters of doubt -- Late night thoughts on listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony.
Subject Science -- Philosophy.
Biology -- Philosophy.
Biology -- Essays.
Philosophy -- Essays.
Science -- Essays.
ISBN 0670703907
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