The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher - Paperback
by Lewis Thomas
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lewis ThomasSeries:Alfred P. Sloan Foundation SeriesAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1995-05-01Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780140243277ISBN-10:140243275UPC:9780140243277Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, HistorySize:7.78 x 5.04 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCXVWA8ZJ4
The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher
From the 1920s when he watched his father, a general practitioner who made housecalls and wrote his prescriptions in Latin, to his days in medical school and beyond, Lewis Thomas saw medicine evolve from an art into a sophisticated science. The Youngest Science is Dr. Thomas's account of his life in the medical profession and an inquiry into what medicine is all about--the youngest science, but...
Series: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Series
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780140243277ISBN-10:140243275UPC:9780140243277Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, HistorySize:7.78 x 5.04 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCXVWA8ZJ4
Lewis Thomas was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Medical School, he was the dean of Yale Medical School and New York University School of Medicine, and the president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute. He wrote regularly in the New England Journal of Medicine, and his essays were...
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
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