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Book review THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS 35:383-384 (1975) THE LIVES OFACELL: NOTES OF A BIOLOGY WATCHER by Louis Thomas, The Viking Press, New York, 1974, 153 pages For several years Dr. Louis Thomas has been writing an occasional column for The New England Journal of Medicine, entitled "Notes of a Biology Watcher." The essays in this book originally appeared in the journal during 1971, 1972, and 1973. Each essay - there are thirty in all - is a gem of knowledge and insight, stylistically polished with merriment and elegance. Sometimes it seems that the body of science is weighted down by orthodoxies and traditions, yet over on the fringes our radical thinkers, our colleagues in the "basic sciences," are vigorously challenging customary assumptions. It was, for example, an altogether tidy notion that the cell is the smallest single unit of life. As recently as the mid-1960's, that view was embraced and taught in our medical schools. But modern science assumes no conceptual fixities; it insists on a troublesome fidgetiness. Scientific exploration is leaping about with theories and hypotheses that are stupefying, and that is the riveting theme of Thomas' collection of essays. Although it is delightful to be challenged by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Book review

Ingram, Douglas H.
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 35 (4): 2 – Dec 1, 1975
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Springer Journals
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1975 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
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1573-6741
DOI
10.1007/BF01249473
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THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS 35:383-384 (1975) THE LIVES OFACELL: NOTES OF A BIOLOGY WATCHER by Louis Thomas, The Viking Press, New York, 1974, 153 pages For several years Dr. Louis Thomas has been writing an occasional column for The New England Journal of Medicine, entitled "Notes of a Biology Watcher." The essays in this book originally appeared in the journal during 1971, 1972, and 1973. Each essay - there are thirty in all - is a gem of knowledge and insight, stylistically polished with merriment and elegance. Sometimes it seems that the body of science is weighted down by orthodoxies and traditions, yet over on the fringes our radical thinkers, our colleagues in the "basic sciences," are vigorously challenging customary assumptions. It was, for example, an altogether tidy notion that the cell is the smallest single unit of life. As recently as the mid-1960's, that view was embraced and taught in our medical schools. But modern science assumes no conceptual fixities; it insists on a troublesome fidgetiness. Scientific exploration is leaping about with theories and hypotheses that are stupefying, and that is the riveting theme of Thomas' collection of essays. Although it is delightful to be challenged by

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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals

Published: Dec 1, 1975

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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