During our student years we had encyclopedias that we compiled by collecting them in fascicles — around 10-12 issues each — much like today’s Google. Whenever we were curious about something we would look it up in the alphabetical index and read about it. While certain foundational books were always available we oft en took our own notes for most classes or relied on photocopies from friends with neat handwriting. Today we have reached a point where we are asked ‘Would you like a PowerPoint pres ...