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May 1, 1974

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Books, May 1974

The functions of sleep, microbes old and new and the art of workmanship

By Philip Morrison

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This article was originally published with the title “Books” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 230 No. 5 (May 1974), p. 133
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0574-133

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