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The medusa and the snail : more notes of a biology watcher
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The medusa and the snail : more notes of a biology watcher

by Lewis Thomas

This collection of essays explores the biological relationship between the medusa jellyfish and the sea slug, reflecting on the nature of life and death through observations of the natural world.

Accession 13927 ISBN 0670465682 Publisher Viking Press
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