" Lewis Thomas is, of course, an evolutionist, and I cannot avoid differing with him on a LOT of things he said in this book. More than in The Youngest Science, I felt for him, since he comes closer to the fact that everything is designed. And designed by whom? Anyway, this selection varies pretty broadly in quality with some leaning to evolutionary utopia, and some understanding how hopelessly stuck we are. Perhaps my favorite would be his essay on the Health-Care System. He understands at his best how our society's focus on health is very unhealthy indeed. "
— Brian, 1/21/2014