Print book, and we felt that that was an important format for it to be in so that it could just circulate more widely, be more accessible to more people, be more affordable and findable for most people. We also felt that the edition of it that was issued by the government which is a very low resolution pdf format was very difficult to read. You know, its not laid out and properly formatted like a book. Its just like a huge collection of pages, and its very difficult to read because its so low resolution, its very difficult to search, its almost impossible to search, in fact. So we wanted to make a better edition of that so that i dont know if people really want to read that edition the way you would read a book, but its more useful to have that for researchers and academics and things like that to have a more searchable edition of the book. Host now, how much of the report will you be publishing . Will there be editing . Commentary . Guest ing we are publishing exactly we are publishin
Tonight, thank you. You are watching booktv, television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see your online at booktv. Org. National geographic, mars up close has been written by marc kaufman. What is your background to write about Space Exploration . My background is as a journalist long time and not as a science journalist. I was a Foreign Correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the washington post. What i learned was being in Foreign Countries is a good way of learning to speak to scientists. They are talking a different language, different culture, you spend time with them and work it out and you come up with some fascinating things. Of phoenix what was curiosity . The rover on mars. It is searching for ebola environments on mars and it found them. They found for the First Time Ever that life might have existed, could have existed on mars. My goal in this was to embed myself, jet Propulsion Team and i did for a year and half, kind of watched up close what the
Of publishing something in the Public Domain . For one thing, it is not readily available as a print book and we felt that was an important format for it to be in so that it could just circulate more widely, be more accessible to more people, more affordable for most people. We also felt the edition that was issued by the government, which is a very lowresolution pdf format was very difficult to read. It is not laid out and properly formatted like a book. It is just like a huge collection of manuscripts each is. Its very difficult to read because it is so slow resolution so we wanted to make a better edition of the semi dont know if people really want to read the edition the way you would read a book, but it is more useful to have that for researchers and academics and things like that to have a more searchable edition of the book. At how much of the report will you be publishing . Was at the editing, commentary . Where publishing exactly what the government has released. A full report
From you. Tweet us, twitter. Com booktv or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. Host and now joining us on booktv is Dennis Johnson who is the copublisher of Melville House. Melville house is publishing the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on torture. Mr. Johnson, whats the purpose of publishing something thats in the Public Domain . Guest well, for one thing its not readily available as a print book, and we felt that that was an important format for it to be in so that it could just circulate more widely, be more accessible to more people, be more affordable and findable for most people. We also felt that the edition of it that was issued by the government which is a very low resolution pdf format was very difficult to read. You know, its not laid out and properly formatted like a book. Its just like a huge collection of manuscript pages, and its very difficult to read because its so low resolution. Its very difficult to search. Its almost impossible to searc
It cuts across geography, education, class, ethnicity. The journalistic term its not uncommon. Thats as far as i will go but theres no afghans many times will not even say how many children they have. So they certainly wont divulge if they have a daughter dressed as a son. So in that regard its there are no statistics. Its not possible to say. Sadly are we out of time . We are out of time. This was so fascinating. I would like to thank the three of you, and i would like to invite the three of you and everyone else to our book signing in the next room. [applause] wonderful, thank you. [applause] thank you. That was terrific. Terrific. I had so many questions i didnt get to. Well, suki, id like to ask you one question which is these are the kids of the elite but [inaudible conversations] youre watching booktv, television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see here online at booktv. Org. Host and now joining us on booktv is Dennis Johnson who is the copublisher of Melville