Lewis Thomas (1913–1993)
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Lewis Thomas was born in Flushing, New York, and received his medical degree from Harvard University, with a specialization in internal medicine and pathology. He has been a professor at several medical schools, as well as dean of the Yale Medical School. Most recently Thomas has been chancellor visa mer and president emeritus of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and professor of medicine at the Cornell Medical School. His erudite books have earned him a wide audience, making him one of the best-known advocates of science in the United States during the past 20 years. For example, The Lives of a Cell won the National Book Award in arts and letters in 1974, and The Medusa and the Snail won the American Book Award for science in 1981. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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- Födelsedag
- 1913-11-25
- Avled
- 1993-12-03
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- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Flushing, New York, USA
- Dödsort
- New York, New York, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Flushing, New York, USA (birth)
New York, New York, USA (death) - Utbildning
- Princeton University (B.S.|1933)
Harvard Medical School (M.D.|1937) - Yrken
- physician
professor
columnist - Relationer
- Dawson, Beryl (wife)
- Organisationer
- Tulane University School of Medicine
United States Navy Medical Corps
Yale Medical School
New York University School of Medicine
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute
New England Journal of Medicine (visa alla 8)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School - Priser och utmärkelser
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (1980)
Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (1993)
National Book Award (1975 and 1981)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1984)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1961)
American Philosophical Society (1976) (visa alla 7)
Woodrow Wilson Award (1980)
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medical memoirs (1)
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