The first 100 years

Dermatology in Edinburgh: the first 100 years.

The history of Toxoplasma gondii--the first 100 years.

In this paper the history of Toxoplasma gondii and toxoplasmosis is reviewed. This protozoan parasite was first discovered in 1908 and named a year later. Its medical importance remained unknown until 1939 when T. gondii was identified in tissues of a congenitally infected infant, and veterinary importance became known when it was found to cause abortion storms in sheep in 1957. The discovery o...

The American Society for Clinical Investigation--the first 100 years.

The annual Atlantic City meeting of the Young Turks was an exciting event--an opportunity to hear great science, to explore career opportunities, and to meet and make friends. Though the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, the meetings remained relatively intimate, broadly covering the best in medicine and constantly growing until the participants outgrew the Atlantic City venue to eventually spawn the nume...

100 years of servitude.

Physics in 100 years

Here I indulge in wide-ranging speculations on the shape of physics, and technology closely related to physics, over the next one hundred years. Themes include the many faces of unification, the re-imagining of quantum theory, and new forms of engineering on small, intermediate, and large scales. When Leon Cooper, on behalf of Brown University, asked me to contribute to their 250th anniversary ...