Noel Morris Cass, 1927-2017

Obituary: Tokindo S. Okada (1927-2017).

Hisato Kondoh and Harukazu Nakamura look back at the life and career of their mentor Tokindo S. Okada, a pioneer of Japanese developmental biology.

Egas Moniz: 90 Years (1927–2017) from Cerebral Angiography

In June 2017 we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the pioneer discovery of cerebral angiography, the seminal imaging technique used for visualizing cerebral blood vessels and vascular alterations as well as other intracranial disorders. Egas Moniz (1874-1955) was the first to describe the use of this revolutionary technique which, until 1975 (when computed tomography, CT, scan was introduced in...

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Editorial on PBZ's Ninetieth Year and Top 90 Papers in PBZ, 1927-2017.

“With great power there must also come—great responsibility!” (Lee 1962). I have kept this in mind during my editorship of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (PBZ), and I have tried to shepherd the journal into the beginning decades of the twenty-first century by increasing online supplements, adding new sections that will expand our readership, and selecting only the best and most fitting p...

David Cass: Economic theorist

In this issue of JET, we celebrate Dave Cass’s remarkable scientific career with two symposia: (1) “Economic Growth” organized by Daron Acemoglu, and (2) “General Equilibrium” organized by Yves Balasko and John Geanakoplos. Dividing the issue into two parts should not obscure the fact that Dave recognized only one economic science, one that includes growth, general equilibrium (GE), and more. D...