Thomas, Lewis, 1913-1993
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Physician, educator.
From the description of Reminiscences of Lewis Thomas : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309735919
Dr. Thomas served as professor of pathology (1954-1969) at New York University and dean (1971-1973) of Yale's School of Medicine--among other posts--before becoming president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1973. He is probably best known to the public from his column in THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, "Notes of a Biology Watcher," which appeared from 1971 to 1980, and from the resulting book-length compilations of these essays, THE LIVES OF A CELL (1974) and THE MEDUSA AND THE SNAIL (1979), which earned him several national literary awards and the recognition as one of the best modern scientific essayists writing non-technically about the meaning of biology and, by extension, the meaning of life.
From the description of Lewis Thomas papers, 1941-1992 (bulk 1973-1983). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 83392388
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Subjects:
- Cancer
- Medical education
- Educator
- Medical policy
- Medicine
- Pathologists
- Pathology
- Physicians
- Physicians
- Research institutes
- Science and state
Occupations:
- Biologists
- Medical research personnel
Places:
- United States (as recorded)
