Most Popular Books by Lewis Thomas

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Esta es la segunda obra de Lewis Thomas, quien obtuvo con Las vidas de una celula el premio Pulitzer en Estados Unidos. Reune aqui una serie de breves ensayos relacionados en su mayor parte con la biologia actual. La prosa amena del autor discurre sobre temas de indole cientifico-filosofica.

The book begins with an overview of the seemingly extraordinary skills children are typically born with. Next it holistically explores what your mind/brain/body and visual capabilities are and how to determine your own personal learning style. Explanations are provided for how the unlimited potential you were as a child ended up being restricted and how to remove these limitations for yourself and your children. Developed are techniques that will enable you to reawaken perfect memory and recall at minimum reading rates of 25,000 words-per-minute so that you can read the page of a book in one second. The historical record is reviewed for people who have demonstrated the stellar abilities that this book says all of us can potentially attain and how you can incorporate these abilities into your daily life. Finally, the enormous potential these latent abilities hint at, both individually and collectively for mankind, is explored.

Un recueil de conférences prononcées en différentes circonstances par l''auteur, biologiste fort connu aux Etats-Unis. Les sujets traités sont donc variés. Le style est vivant et léger, teinté d''humour. Une oeuvre scientifico-philosophique fort attachante, classée "Livre du mois" par la revue ##Québec science##.

Includes a brief biography of Brown, emphasizing his desire to serve his country and his zeal, as an active member of the LDS Church, for missionary work. Describes the naval battle near Guadalcanal in which Brown was killed when an enemy shell hit the bridge of his ship, the U.S.S. San Francisco. Photograph shows Brown in full military dress.