Quote by: Lewis Thomas

Well, biology today as I see it has an amiable look - quite different from the 19th-century view that the whole arrangement of nature is hostile, 'red in tooth and claw.' That came about because people misread Darwin's 'survival of the fittest.'


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Author Bio


  • NameLewis Thomas
  • DescriptionAmerican physician, poet and educator
  • BornNovember 25, 1913
  • DiedDecember 3, 1993
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPhysician; Writer; Naturalist
  • AwardsNational Book Award