Robert M. Sapolsky, recipient of the 2008 Lewis Thomas Prize
Humans: Are We Just Another Primate? Are We Just a Collection of Neurons?
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the...
Atul Gawande, recipient of the 2014 Lewis Thomas Prize
The Doctor as Writer, The Writer as Doctor
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet" and recognizes "the...
Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., recipient of the 2012 Lewis Thomas Prize
Touched with Fire: Mood Disorders and Creativity
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as...
Richard Dawkins, recipient of the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize:
Queerer Than We Can Suppose: The Strangeness of Science
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet"...
James D. Watson, recipient of the 2007 Lewis Thomas Prize
Rules for Writing Books
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet" and recognizes "the rare individual...
Jean-Pierre Changeux, recipient of the 2004 Lewis Thomas Prize:
The Physiology of Truth: Toward a Neuroscience of Human Knowledge
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the...
Martin Reese, recipient of the 2009 Lewis Thomas Prize
From Big Bang to Biosphere
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet" and recognizes "the rare individual...
Jared Diamond, recipient of the 2002 Lewis Thomas Prize: Why Do Societies Collapse through Failure to Solve Their Problems?
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as...
AbstractIn 1727 the Revd George Lewis (c. 1663–1729) donated a wooden cabinet containing a diverse collection of items, including many manuscripts, to Cambridge University...
Frances Ashcroft, Ph.D., recipient of the 2013 Lewis Thomas Prize
Singing the Body Electric
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet" and recognizes "the rare...
Thomas Eisner, recipient of the 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize:
The Ruling Class: Tales of Insect Survival
The Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is an international award that honors the "scientist as poet" and recognizes...
Brien Lewis has been appointed acting vice president of Development and Alumni Relations. Prior to this appointment, Lewis served as dean of University College.
Lewis has held many titles at Winthrop since his arrival in 1999 as executive assistant to the president and secretary to the Board of Trustees. Lewis is the fourth member of the Winthrop executive staff to be selected for a...
We all owe Joseph Needham an immense debt for discovering Chinese science and technology for Western scholars. But his famous question (Why did the Chinese, who had been so far in advance of Europe until the 17th...
In this essay, I reflect on Joseph Needham's intellectual heritage, its impact on understanding the world history of knowledge circulation, and its broad influence on generations of scholars. I present two case studies of...
Brien Lewis, who has served as Winthrop University's acting vice president for university development and alumni relations for the past eight months, will now assume that position on a permanent basis.
HIGHLIGHTS To memorialize and honor the lives lost in the tragic shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 12, 2015, SCMTA commissioned Lewis to write a unique piece entitled "Elegy: In Memoriam of...
This Report highlights advances in some of the most commonly used oxidation and reduction reactions, focusing on the literature from 2008. Significant advances in oxidation chemistry include site-selective epoxidation of...
This Report highlights advances in some of the most commonly used oxidation and reduction reactions, focusing on the literature from 2008. Significant advances in oxidation chemistry include site-selective epoxidation of...
In recent years, scientists have begun to use magic effects to investigate the blind spots in our attention and perception [G. Kuhn, Experiencing the Impossible: The Science of Magic (2019); S. Macknik, S. Martinez-Conde, S....
John Haugeland passed away suddenly in 2010 leaving behind an unfinished book manuscript on Heidegger. He was an analytic philosopher who specialized in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science; however, he had an “extensive...
John Haugeland passed away suddenly in 2010 leaving behind an unfinished book manuscript on Heidegger. He was an analytic philosopher who specialized in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science; however, he had an “extensive...