Different rocket propellants and did trajectories for many early missiles. They worked on the corporal and the sergeant and then things changed when the space race happened and when nasa was formed. Then these womens roles began changing. They ended up becoming the labs first computer programmers. They had this incredibly long career at nasa. 40, 50 years. One of them still works at nasa today. And on sunday in depth is live with an author and documentary film maker sebastian younger who will take your calls, texts, and email questions from noon to 3 00 p. M. Eastern discussing his latest book tribe, on home coming and belonging. Mr. Younger is also the author f war, a death in belmont, fire and a perfect storm. And part two of a special q a interview with former Public Interest lawyer and politician mark green, author of bright, infinite future. Jean rational memoir on the progressive rise. Monday at 2 30 p. M. Eastern book tv tours the vivian g. Harsh collection the largest africanam
Well, thank you very much indeed. Now, normally when i give a talk of any description, and ive given quite a number in the last week while ive been in america, i usually have a little repertory of anecdotes with which i commence, and i had one prepared this evening. But strangely enough, something happened to me on the way here which meant that i decided to scrap it and talk about Something Else entirely. I took the subway to congress circle, and i walked up Central Park West towards the historical society, and as i was walking up the street, out of the corner of my eye i saw a bronze plaque on the wall, on the wall of a rather august looking building. It wasnt the Second Church of christ scientists, its the spanishportuguese synagogue. And i read the plaque, and ive never seen that before. I normally try to keep my eyes open for historical things when im in new york, but i hadnt actually seen this. I was quite struck by this because, of course im quite familiar with the history of thi
Lets quickly chuckled the markets to cause we have quite a good quarter to talk about. European shares extending their biggest quarter expansion since 1999. The benchmark equity measures in germany and portugal rallied more than 20 . This comes as we have the qe program and Economic Data that was slightly better than forecast in the last two years. We are expecting a lot more to come. We have employment figures and consumption figures later this week amongst the 18 European Countries greece is the only one falling for the quarter. Lets kick off with greece and a search for allies and a search for allies in the fight against austerity britain creditors protecting greece proposal and Alexis Tsipras is pushing to look further for support. Domestically and abroad. Hans nichols has it. First of all, tell us more about the reform proposal. We had at the official list and they want more. Hans officials are unimpressed by the 15 page document for the it raises about 3. 7 billion in revenue and
It should be a fascinating event first of all i would like to thank the city of charlottesville for providing this wonderful venue. Every year they do so for the virginia festival of the book and its really outstanding for both the authors and the audience. I will also thank charlottesvilles on tv 10 for broadcasting todays session. Just a reminder, this session is being recorded so when it comes time for the q a session raise your hand. You will be recognized but a microphone will be passed to you so that you can pose your question. Its important that you speak into the microphone so the question can be recorded. Please, please turn off any cell phones that you might have with you. The festival is free of charge and not free of cost though. Please remember that the virginia festival of the book is sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the humanities. There are ways to support this organization by direct support or otherwise. At the information desk at the omni are envelopes in whic
On the uks regional economies. Im at belfast airport to find out what impact will be felt here. In sport, the slump deepens for englands women. The defence of their she believes cup gets off to a disappointing start as theyre outclassed by the world champions the usa. 25 years afterjagged little pill, Alanis Morisette tells breakfast how one of its most iconic tracks nearly didnt make the final cut. People said, i love this song, so i was like, all right, lets put it on there, i dont care. The irony is not lost, another weekend of wind and rain, but not as bad as it sounds, a dry and frosty start to friday. The full details later. Its friday 6th march. Our top story. A woman in her 70s has become the first person in the uk to die as a result of coronavirus. 116 people have tested positive for the illness here. The Prime Ministers Spokesman Says its now highly likely the virus will spread in a significant way. Jon donnison reports. Royal berkshire nhs trust say the woman whose died was