The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Thomas, Lewis
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- Paperback
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- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
USA: Viking Press, 1979. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TRADE PAPERBACK IN GOOD CONDITION. 175 PP. Cover is clean, slightly scuffed on front, edgewear around cover edges and down spine hinge, spine creased. Interior is clean and unmarked. An observation of the medusa and the snail and how they depend upon each other for life and how they bear on the issues of life and death; also includes essays on the human genius for making mistakes, on disease and natural death, on cloning, on warts and on Montaigne.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018568
- Title
- The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
- Author
- Thomas, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.38 lbs
- Keywords
- BIOLOGY NATURAL HISTORY MEDICINE PHILOSOPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature, Natural History;
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