...Like Stamp Col­lect­ing by Elio — I started teach­ing mi­cro­bi­ol­ogy to med­ical stu­dents in 1958, at a time when bio­med­ical sci­ence was in its full as­cen­dancy. Grant money was there prac­ti­cally for the ask­ing, jobs were plen­ti­ful, uni­ver­si­ties and their med­ical schools were fre­net­i­cally build­ing up their sci­ence base. Not en­tirely sur­pris­ing, the gen­eral feel­ing of young…