Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
- ISBN-10
- 0670703907
- ISBN-13
- 9780670703906
- Category
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Author
- Lewis Thomas
Description
A third collection of the physician-writer's essays explores the government's abandonment of support for scientific research, the folly of nuclear weaponry, and other topics of significance
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