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We all started as a cell... - [13 Dec 2008]
This is another book which at some point will enter our culural canon, much like Orwell's essays or Gary Zukav's _The Dancing Wu-Li Masters_. True, as a few critics have pointed out, for some reason an essay or two drags; it's a style thing, or perhaps...
essays or Gary Zukav's _The Dancing Wu-Li Masters_. True, as a few critics have pointed out...
www.amazon.com/review/R2NR9XGW4...
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Great Book - [04 Dec 2008]
This is a fantastic book. It requires at least a rough understanding of basic biology and an interest in cellular/microbiology. It is a bit older, but the author's grasp on the subject was quite firm. This would make a great gift to any scientist in the...
an interest in cellular/microbiology. It is a bit older, but the author's grasp on the subject...
www.amazon.com/review/R1PZE2K1FKKYUY...
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Forever Young - [09 Apr 2008]
Lewis Thomas is that odd trifecta: a learned scientist; a speculative philosopher; and a master of prose both gracious and graceful. The Lives of a Cell is a book of 29 essays originally written for the New England Journal of Medicine. They are short;...
of prose both gracious and graceful. The Lives of a Cell is a book of 29 essays originally...
www.amazon.com/review/R1GPML0J9...
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Whimsical and entertaining - [11 Aug 2007]
Lewis Thomas' essays offer the creative and whimsical perspectives of a scientist. I doubt the non-biologist would appreciate these 'notes of a biology watcher' much, but as a biologist myself, I have to say that this is one of my favorite books for light...
the non-biologist would appreciate these 'notes of a biology watcher' much, but as a biologist...
www.amazon.com/review/R1D9EZNDCOC...
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The John D. Connection - [24 Apr 2007]
Chapter 9 of "The Lonely Silver Rain" by John D. MacDonald, Fawcett 1985, opens with McGee "...reading Lewis Thomas and for the first time he depressed me, even when he said that the glue that seems to hold mankind in some kind of lasting stasis is everyone...
"...reading Lewis Thomas and for the first time he depressed me, even when he said that the...
www.amazon.com/review/R1MJFUO51...
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Awe Inspiring - [09 Mar 2007]
In recommending this book to an acquaintance, I remembered how much I loved it. I read it a long time ago, perhaps 20 years ago, and still feel that it was one of the best reads of my lifetime. Contrary to reinforcing a rift between religion and science...
a long time ago, perhaps 20 years ago, and still feel that it was one of the best reads of ...
www.amazon.com/review/R3LS0CCDA...
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Amazing - [08 Jan 2007]
This is truly an amazing work. Thomas's writing is beautiful and the stories fantastic with just enough humor. I have learned so much and enjoyed it all at the same time. I highly recommend this book. If you are not sure of something, look it up! Just...
just enough humor. I have learned so much and enjoyed it all at the same time. I highly recommend...
www.amazon.com/review/R2DIEU7YFRYXUQ...
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Science for interested non-scientists - [13 Nov 2006]
I selected this book from the Modern Library list of Top 100 Non-Fiction books with the trepidation of a non technical person with only moderate interest in science. Mr. Thomas, however, immediately disarms the non technical mind and proceeds to fascinate...
of a non technical person with only moderate interest in science. Mr. Thomas, however...
www.amazon.com/review/R1O8HGP73...
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A Great Book! - [05 Aug 2006]
I loved "Lives of a Cell". It's not your ordinary biology textbook; the author's love for the world around him comes out in every page. He uses metaphor to describe the different parts and functions of the cell. For example, he compares the cell to a ...
the world around him comes out in every page. He uses metaphor to describe the different parts...
www.amazon.com/review/R3TZAP5GWIP...
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I wasn't intrigued.. - [20 Jul 2006]
Though I understand other reviewers' opinions of this book, and I agree that some of the book's ideas were interesting, The Lives of a Cell just didn't appeal to me. I have always loved science, but not in the way this book displayed it. I got extremely...
s ideas were interesting, The Lives of a Cell just didn't appeal to me. I have always loved...
www.amazon.com/review/R1YG7SITP...
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