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From: david@randvax.ARPA (David Shlapak)
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Subject: Re: Lewis Thomas/Stephen Jay Gould
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Date: Thu, 29-Dec-83 15:06:23 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 29 15:06:23 1983
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    In referring to Thomas' "autobigraphical book," I presume you meant
    "Medicine, The Youngest Science."

    I frankly never found Thomas' essays all that enlightening, although
    many were quite entertaining.  "Medicine," on the other hand, afforded
    me greater insight to the medical world than I had previously possessed
    (which may, in fact, be more of an indictment of my prior knowledge
    than anything else).  It is not an exciting book, and it requires
    a real live attention span, but I for one found it quite rewarding.