Lewis Thomas, 1974
This
is excellent reading for anyone interested in ideas about life and
living. It inspires thought about how life functions. If there is one
common theme, several chapters has to do with communication --
oral, chemical, behavioral, and genetic. Other possible themes
include the fact that humans are part of
the global system, not running it. Thomas poses the
idea that everything can be an analogy of the way that a cell works --
organelles, membranes, cellular processes, products, and so forth. Each chapter is a separate essay, elegantly written and way ahead of his time.
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