Hymn to Cell Life: A Journal of a Biological Observer

Author: Lewis Thomas
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This book is a collection of reflections by a physician and biologist on life, human existence, society, and even the universe. Upon its publication, it immediately sparked immense excitement and enthusiastic acclaim in the American literary and critical circles, winning the National Book Award that year. At nearly eighty years old, Lewis Thomas became a household name and widely respected due to this book. To the extent that when he published his next two books, publishers no longer needed to advertise with a line like, "New works by Lewis Thomas, the author of 'The Lives of a Cell.'"