Lewis Thomas (1913–1993)
Autor/a de The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
Sobre l'autor
Lewis Thomas was born in Flushing, New York, and received his medical degree from Harvard University, with a specialization in internal medicine and pathology. He has been a professor at several medical schools, as well as dean of the Yale Medical School. Most recently Thomas has been chancellor mostra'n més and president emeritus of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and professor of medicine at the Cornell Medical School. His erudite books have earned him a wide audience, making him one of the best-known advocates of science in the United States during the past 20 years. For example, The Lives of a Cell won the National Book Award in arts and letters in 1974, and The Medusa and the Snail won the American Book Award for science in 1981. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Owen Barfield World Wide Website
Obres de Lewis Thomas
Une science Naissante: Carnets d'un medecin 1 exemplars
Bir Hücrenin Yaşamları 1 exemplars
The Lives of a Cell & The Medusa and the Snail 1 exemplars
Gomer Bifan. Drama Gymreig mewn Pedair Act. 1 exemplars
Double-Star Astronomy: Containing The History Of Double-Star Work; Computation Of Orbits And Position Of Orbit-Planes… (2010) 1 exemplars
Celestial Mechanics for Amateur Astronomers 1 exemplars
Rambling through astronomy as it comes of age 1 exemplars
Late Night Thoughts on Mahler's Ninth Symphony 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Woods Hole Cantata: Essays on Science and Society (1985) — Pròleg, algunes edicions — 102 exemplars
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Col·laborador — 81 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1913-11-25
- Data de defunció
- 1993-12-03
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Flushing, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- New York, New York, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Flushing, New York, USA (birth)
New York, New York, USA (death) - Educació
- Princeton University (B.S.|1933)
Harvard Medical School (M.D.|1937) - Professions
- physician
professor
columnist - Relacions
- Dawson, Beryl (wife)
- Organitzacions
- Tulane University School of Medicine
United States Navy Medical Corps
Yale Medical School
New York University School of Medicine
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute
New England Journal of Medicine (mostra-les totes 8)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School - Premis i honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (1980)
Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (1993)
National Book Award (1975 and 1981)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1984)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1961)
American Philosophical Society (1976) (mostra-les totes 7)
Woodrow Wilson Award (1980)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
medical memoirs (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 20
- També de
- 18
- Membres
- 5,017
- Popularitat
- #4,993
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 65
- ISBN
- 100
- Llengües
- 11
- Preferit
- 11
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