In his wonderful, award-winning book Double Fold, Nicholson Baker makes a plea for
preservation of printed materials, particularly newspapers. 1 He reports on the constant …

The music industry has undergone considerable changes from records to cassettes to
compact discs to MP3s and is now again being threatened by music streaming through the …

When was the last time you stepped into your institution's library? A few weeks ago my son
asked me to get him some books from the undergraduate library, and this stirred in me the …

Recently there has been another round of controversial news regarding genetically modified
organisms (GMO). Perhaps the best known debate on these centers on corn. A recent …

Acommon layman's conception of memory is the simple stor-age and retrieval of learned
information that often evokes comparison to a filing system. Our everyday experience of …

Neuroradiology, the top-selling book in the Requisites in Radiology series by Dr. David
Yousem et al., efficiently presents everything you need to know about diagnostic imaging of …

After writing nearly 70 Perspectives, it was bound to happen; it seems I have hit “writer's
block.” This is the first time I sat down to write my monthly essay in over 8 months and I …

Here I am proctoring the American Board of Radiology Certificate of Added Qualification
Maintenance of Certificate computer-based board examinations—again. Bored (not board) …

The issue of failing memory worries us all, particularly as we get older. The treacherous
nature of memory and its distortions caused by advancing age have been dealt with in …

If I want to self-publish a book, I can go on-line and find several companies whose Websites
offer cover design, inside layouts, black-and-white or color printing, ISBN registration, and …