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2007; ISBN: 978-0-674-02341-3; 320 pp; Hardback; £49.95

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As a scientist, writer and collector, Joram continues to explore the world around him.

Scientists develop hypotheses – possibilities – to bridge gaps in the narrative between the known and the unknown. We look at the specimens and data we collect and try to tease out meaning, examining what we have, questioning what we might be missing, and trying to reconcile the two. We do this in hopes that others will build on the work we have done, thereby modifying and advancing our views and conclusions. In a nutshell, this describes my life as a basic scientist.

I spent close to 50 years in science as a molecular biologist and eye researcher, first at Caltech as a graduate student from 1962 to 1967, and then at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In 1981, I founded the Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology at the National Eye Institute and served as its chief until 2009, when I closed my laboratory and became a Scientist Emeritus, an NIH position I hold presently.

Late in my science career, I thought I might eventually move from science to storytelling in the more traditional sense – writing fiction, essays and memoir. Having much to learn about writing fiction and non-science, I took workshops at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda in the evenings and weekends, letti

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BOOK REVIEW

NOTES GOING UNDERGROUND

BY Joram Piatigorsky

This intriguingly dark collection of short stories by Piatigorsky (Jellyfish Have Eyes, 2015, etc.) considers the possibility of a transitional stage between life and death.

“I cannot fathom my own death,” writes scientist Piatigorsky, “however, the mind and imagination can…indulge in fantasies…that challenge our concepts of death and being human.” This collection of six short stories does exactly that. The first, “Notes Going Underground,” is written from the perspective of a research scientist who finds he has been given a “grace period” between life and death to “size up” his life before burial. In “My Funeral,” a biomedical scientist discovers that once dead, he continues to feel alive and attends his own memorial service. “Waking up Dead” continues in a similar vein with a protagonist who doesn’t realize he is dead and continues his life as usual. The imagination-stretching “Death by Drowning” is about a daughter who connects with an absent father who has been jailed for misusing government funds when researching jellyfish, only for him to die in a bizarre manner. “Mr. Blok” ponders the state of dying after the protagonist falls into a ditch, and “What’s Alive” takes the