Losing it : in which an aging professor laments his shrinking brain, ... / William Ian Miller.

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011], ©2011.

viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The you behind your eyes is out of date -- Can you recall what you had for dinner, Cronus? -- Shrink wrap -- Old views of old age -- Older, yes, but wiser? -- The dark side of wisdom -- Homo querelus (man the complainer) -- Old saints, old killers, and more complaints -- Complaining against the most high -- Giving up smoting for good -- Paralysis of the spirit -- Yes, you can take it with you -- Owing the dead -- Going soft -- Little things; or, what if? -- Defying augury -- Frankly, I do give a damn -- Going through all these things twice -- Do not go gentle: a valediction.