We recently read a stunning, moving memoir by L. Annette Binder about her mother’s slow decline and memory loss due to Alzheimer’s. It’s called Child of Earth and Starry Heaven   and, in a word, it’s a powerful book. We highly recommend it. Binder is a terrific writer and her awards are ample proof of that.   Along the way, as Binder seeks to learn more about the disease, she brings up three notable scientists of the brain and memory that we think deserve more attention—Santi