What: First Fridays: Virtue & Vice in the Stacks
When: Friday, November 6, 2009 • noon - 1 p.m.
Where: 120 Elmer L. Andersen Library
Free and open to the public.

Abstinence & Gluttony
Food, drugs, bathing, drink, and sex have been integral in the interpretation of disease and the recommendations for cures for centuries. What may be moderate and good in one century is gluttony in another. This presentation will look at various interpretations represented in the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology & Medicine.

Gluttony
Information storage capacity, processing power, bandwidth - the computer industry continuously produces more powerful products, but it never seems to be enough. The Charles Babbage Institute will examine society's appetite for computers capable of doing more and doing it faster.