The University of Chicago Magazine

FEBRUARY 1997

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE

February 1997

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VOLUME 89, N0. 3 FEB. 1997

COVER: For Sabreen Akhter, '98, her mother's stories were a visit to another land, another time . Photograph by Matthew Gilson.

  • Life Support
    A specialist in medical ethics has just written a book that asks a leading question: "Do we still need doctors?" Here's how his answer begins.
    JOHN LANTOS

  • Brushes With Perfection
    Centuries of Korean scholar-painters used the tools of a writer--brush and ink, paper and silk--to create works that blend calligraphy, poetry, and painting.

  • Opening Chapters
    When Katie Trumpener asked her Children's Literature students to describe their own early experiences with the world of books, they wrote the opening chapters of their intellectual autobiographies.

  • Astronomical Figures
    As the Yerkes Observatory turns 100, here's a look at the man who gave it his name--and more of his money than he'd planned.
    JOHN FRANCH

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