TY - BOOK AU - Miller,William Ian TI - Losing It: In Which an Aging Professor Laments His Shrinking Brain.. SN - 9780300178371 AV - HQ1061 -- .M534 2011eb U1 - 305.26092 PY - 2011/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Miller, William Ian, -- 1946- KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Striking Out -- PART I: THE HORROR -- 1 The You behind Your Eyes Is Out of Date -- 2 Can You Recall What You Had for Dinner, Cronus? -- 3 Shrink Wrap -- 4 Old Views of Old Age -- PART II: WISDOM -- 5 Older, Yes, but Wiser? -- 6 The Dark Side of Wisdom -- PART III: COMPLAINING -- 7 Homo Querelus (Man the Complainer) -- 8 Old Saints, Old Killers, and More Complaints -- 9 Complaining against the Most High -- PART IV: RETIREMENT, REVENGE, AND TAKING IT WITH YOU -- 10 Giving Up Smoting for Good -- 11 Paralysis of the Spirit -- 12 Yes, You Can Take It with You -- PART V: SENTIMENTS -- 13 Owing the Dead -- 14 Going Soft -- 15 Little Things -- or, What If ? -- 16 Defying Augury -- 17 Frankly, I Do Give a Damn -- PART VI: REDEMPTION FROM THE PASTURE? -- 18 Going through All These Things Twice -- 19 Do Not Go Gentle: A Valediction -- Addendum: "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z N2 - No detailed description available for "Losing It" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3420748 ER -