Please forgive me, I’m thinking aloud as I’m whittling my way, tortuously, to some take-home messages to come. Here’s the problem: I finished the sixth version of my memoir a few days ago, and within an hour of putting the last period on the final page I started listing all the relevant ideas and events [...]
By Andrea Ford SCOPE, Published by Standford Medicine: The review highlights the protagonist's passion, which reflects Joram Piatigorsky's passion, for basic science research as a means to expanding our knowledge and sparking scientific breakthroughs.
By Joel Shurkin, Science Writer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: What possesses a respected, retired scientist to take on the agonizing task of writing a novel and fighting to get it published? Author Joram Piatigorsky, an emeritus scientist from the National Institute of Health’s National Eye Institute, says quite simply that he had something important to say.
Not long ago, having lunch with colleagues – all known scientists – I brought up our pervasive world of television, especially the deluge of serials that can be streamed. There’s Breaking Bad – riveting, and The Wire – amazing, the drug world of Baltimore seen through a prism, and The House of Cards – oh [...]
Lona's wedding ring I’m still trying to figure it out. At about 5:30 in the morning Lona and I were in Suburban Hospital; at 7:30 she was scheduled for hip replacement surgery. She gave me her watch and wedding ring of 48 years to hold until she came home after surgery. I placed [...]
At breakfast last Sunday morning, June 11, my wife Lona wished me, with a touching card, a Happy Father’s Day. That evening we went out for a romantic dinner together to celebrate. I was surprised how easy it was to get a reservation at a restaurant, and then how many empty tables there were on [...]
