Good evening about him to einsteins war at the lynn howe library and the National World war i museum good evening and welcome to instant. Were a program in partnership with linda howell, the library of national War One Museum and memorial. Two cultural institutions located right ear in kansas city, missouri. And we are delighted to be able to stand at that intersection of science and history and bring in great conversations like this one. Now it is my pleasure and my honor to introduce the president of Linda Hall Library, lisa barry. Thank you, laura. We also are pleased to present tonights program in association with the National World war i museum and memorial. For the past several years, our two institutions and worked together to present programs on a wide range of topics, illustrating the role played by science in the first world war. Tonights event, ice tyrants war, how triumph amid the vicious nationalism of world war i, discusses the effects of that war on the Global Scientific