Public service. And brought to you today by your television provider. Host thank you for joining us for my name is alex meriwether. On behalf of Harvard Bookstore and very pleased to introduce our talk with thomas levenson. They panicked the nation and made the world richford tonight professor levinson is joining conversation by david dobbs. The Virtual Event tonight Harvard Bookstore continues to bring authors and their work to our community and our new digital community. Finer Event Schedule harvar harvard. Com events we can also sign up for our email newsletter and shopper shells from home. This evenings discussion will conclude for some time for your questions. If you have a question for speakers go to the queue and a box to submit questions at any time during the discussion. Will come to those at the end of the talk. I will work on answering as many of your questions as time allow allows. And in just a moment i will post the harvard. Com link to purchase money for nothing. Your pu
The world rich. And tonight hes joined by david dobbs. And bringing the authors to the community and find our schedule harvard. Com events where you can sign up for our email newsletter and shop our shelves from home. This evening will conclude with time for your questions. If you have questions for our speakers, go to the q a box to submit at any time during the discussion. Well come to those the end of the talk and well work on answering as many of your questions as time allows and in a minute ill put up the link to purchase money for nothing, and it makes this virtual author series possible more than ever the future of a landmark independent bookstore. Thank you. We sincerely appreciate your continued support now and always and finally, and if we have any tech issues tonight during the event of the we will do our best to resolve them quickly. Thanks for your patience and understanding. And now, im pleased to introduce our speakers. Thomas levenson is a professor of science writing a
Thanks for joining us. My name is alex meriwether. Onbehalf of harbors bookstore im pleased to introduce tonight talk with Thomas Levenson presenting his new book money for nothing the scientists and corrupt politicians who reinvented money , panicked and nation and made the world rich. Professor levinson is joined by david dobbs. Through Virtual Events like tonights, Harvard Bookstore continues to bring authors and their work to our community and our new digital community. Find our Event Schedule at harvard. Com events where you can sign up for our newsletter and shopper shelves from home. This evening discussion will conclude for some time for your questions. If you have a question speakers go to the q and a box to submit a question at any time during the discussion. We will come to it at the end of the talk and work on answering as many of your questions as timeallows. And in just a moment ill post the harvard. Com link to purchase money for nothing in the chat box your purchases an
But what do i get . Induce a sense of the supreme so sacrifice in a very precarious position. We really could have won in 22 countries that that momentum was more than blind devotion it was adjusted quest for heroism or mythology but there was a belief it was complected some thought they were fighting for the union some thought they were fighting to free of the slaves some thought both but there was that kind current belief that it was different from many different perspectives it was this supreme selflessness for a cause greater than themselves that really struck me in almost all the research i did host the book is imperfect union. Thank you for being here guest thank you. Book tv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. Tweet us, twitter. Com. book tv or post comments on our facebook page, facebook. Com. book tv. This is book tv on cspan2, television for serious readers. Hears primetime lineup. Tonight starting at 7 00 p. M. Eastern pulitzer prizewinning journalist co
Of it, the philosophy of it. We wanted to be accessible. [applause]the joining us here on our bookot tv set is over Steven Johnson. Before we get into the most recent book, you are listening pretty intently to what james glick had to say. Guest hes one of my favorite authors. His book, chaos, which i read in college was the first Popular Science book that i read in my entire life that really started me thinking that i could potentially be a Science Writer becausbecause ive not been intd in science at all. If he were still talking i would say we should go back and listen more to him. But you have to listen to me now. Host your most recent book is called wonderland. Recent what were you trying to explore . Guest if the history of what human beings have done for the fun of it. For the delight in it, for the feeling of play and amusement. And it came out of the book how we got to now, and the pbs series i did which was a history of innovation and things in the modern world that we take for