Title: Late night thoughts on listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony /
Authors: Thomas, Lewis, 1913-1993
Publisher: Viking Press,
Year: 1983
Subjects: Science; Philosophy; Biology; Science Philosophy; Biology Philosophy
Abstract: ISBN 0670703907 LCCN 8347932.
Contents: The unforgettable fire -- The corner of the eye -- Making science work -- Alchemy -- Clever animals -- On smell -- My magical metronome -- On speaking of speaking -- Seven wonders -- The artificial heart -- Things unflattened by science -- Basic science and the Pentagon -- Science and "science" -- On the need for asylums -- Altruism -- Falsity and failure -- On medicine and the bomb -- The problem of dementia -- The lie detector -- Some scientific advice -- The attack of the brain -- Humanities and science -- On maters of doubt -- Late night thoughts on listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony.