1974 The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher. New York: Viking Press.

1979 The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher. New York: Viking.

1983 Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony. New York: Viking.

The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine Watcher. New York: Viking Press.

1990 Etcetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word Watcher. Boston: Little, Brown.

1992 The Fragile Species: Notes of an Earth Watcher. New York: Scribner’s.