The lives of a cell : notes of a biology watcher / by Lewis Thomas.

Cont.: The lives of a cell -- Thoughts for a countdown -- On societies as organisms -- A fear of pheromones -- The music of This sphere -- An earnest proposal -- The technology of medicine -- Vibes -- Ceti -- The long habit -- Antaeus in Manhattan -- The MBL -- Autonomy -- Organelles as organisms -- Germs -- Your very good health -- Social talk -- Information -- Death in the open -- Natural science -- Natural man -- The Iks -- Computers -- The planning of science -- Some biomythology -- On various words -- Living language -- On probability and possibility -- The world's biggest membrane.