| Description |
153 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Essays which appeared in the New England journal of medicine, 1971-73. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 149-153. |
| Contents |
The lives of a cell -- Thoughts for a countdown -- On societies as organisms -- A fear of pheromones -- The music of This sphere -- An earnest proposal -- The technology of medicine -- Vibes -- Ceti -- The long habit -- Antaeus in Manhattan -- The MBL -- Autonomy -- Organelles as organisms -- Germs -- Your very good health -- Social talk -- Information -- Death in the open -- Natural science -- Natural man -- The Iks -- Computers -- The planning of science -- Some biomythology -- On various words -- Living language -- On probability and possibility -- The world's biggest membrane. |
| Subject |
Biology -- Philosophy.
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Biology.
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Philosophy.
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| ISBN |
0670434426 |
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9780670434428 |
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