This year marks the 100th anniversary of Edison's invention of the electric lamp, one of many heralded accomplishments that brought him lasting fame. For much of life Edison enjoyed a popular reputation as a laboratory genius who personified the spirit of scientific discovery. Was he really a scientist, or only an inventor? His participation in the Draper Expedition to the solar eclipse of 1878...

To the Editor:—As a junior faculty member committed to becoming an anesthesiology physician scientist, I read the article by Schwinn and Balser on recruiting and training more of my own with great interest. However, one issue not touched upon either in the article or in the accompanying Editorial View is that a large portion of recent anesthesiology graduates, including myself, do not hold US c...

Senior MTS Research Scientist. Epson R & D, Palo Alto, CA. Winter 2004 Research Scientist. Vision Technology, Champaign, IL. Spring Fall 2004. Postdoc Visiting Scientist. Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA. Fall 2003. Visiting Research Scientist. Vision Technology, Champaign, IL. Summers 2002, 2003. Visiting Research Scientist. Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ. Summer 1998. Teac...