Lewis Thomas (1913–1993)
Autore di The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
Sull'Autore
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 altro 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 meno
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Opere di Lewis Thomas
Opere correlate
Microcosmo: dagli organismi primordiali all'uomo: un'evoluzione di quattro miliardi di anni (1986) — Prefazione — 307 copie
The Woods Hole Cantata: Essays on Science and Society (1985) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 103 copie
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Collaboratore — 83 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1913-11-25
- Data di morte
- 1993-12-03
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Flushing, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Flushing, New York, USA (birth)
New York, New York, USA (death) - Istruzione
- Princeton University (B.S.|1933)
Harvard Medical School (M.D.|1937) - Attività lavorative
- physician
professor
columnist - Relazioni
- Dawson, Beryl (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- 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 tutto 8)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School - Premi e riconoscimenti
- 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 tutto 7)
Woodrow Wilson Award (1980)
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Recensioni
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medical memoirs (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 21
- Opere correlate
- 18
- Utenti
- 5,030
- Popolarità
- #4,973
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 66
- ISBN
- 100
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 11