In what essay of lives of a cell does lewis thomas write "the human brain is the most public organ..?"

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i am going insane! i cant believe i didnt mark the quote and i keep looking though the book and cannot find it! its so frustrating!

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The name of the book is "the lives of the cell"....is it in chapter 40...testament...third party

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The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher, 1974, Viking Press: ISBN 0-670-43442-6, Penguin Books, 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-14-004743-3

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As a biologist I was so interested in the book but it was a long time ago in the university.

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1. Lewis Thomas (1913-1993)  

The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher. New York: Viking Press, 1974. ... on the human brain as part of nature's machinery and questions about the place ...

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2.  Lewis Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  

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Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher. by Lewis Thomas. Penguin (Non-Classics) (1978) ... of their brain, and that writers use the other, be prepared for ...

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