Lynn olson, author of seven books, many on world war ii. Including troublesome young men, those angry days, and the recently published last hope island, britain, the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war. Guest poland thought it was prepared but it wasnt. Nazi germany was the mightiest military behemoth in World History up to that point and poland was, had a, sizable army. Small air force, small navy. It was basically a poor country. It didnt have the sense and financial wherewithal germany did. They thought they could hold off germany at least for a while but germans rolled over them. Cspan you say it wasnt a surprise. The date was maybe a surprise but was the rest of europe preparing for war at this point . Guest they expected war was coming. Most European Countries hoped it wouldnt happen. Half the European Countries were neutral. They declared neutrality. Some prepared for war to a certain extent but none of them were really ready for what was about to happen to them. They h
A discussion on big data from the brooklyn book festival with authors cathy to kneel and tim wu cathy to kneel and tim wu. Good morning. Good morning, everyone, welcome. Im a professor at the Nyu Stern School of business, author of the forthcoming book, the person you mean to be. Im very excited about our paneled today. This morning were going to look at how big data has become an unavoidable part of our world and what are the dangers and benefits, what does et say about us, ourer fierce, our dreams and what should be thinking about and aware of if were going to go down this path. We have a terrific panel, mathematician cathy oneill and columbia halls tim law schools tim wu are with us today. Very importantly, you want to know that i promise you these are books youre going to want to purchase [laughter] thank you. And i promise you these are books youre going to want to purchase, and if you want to do that, when you leave the buildingan and turn left, findig table eight manned by barne
Isnt that just racism . On what basis, what argument can the process be made where its okay for certain people to be overrepresented and not others. Its a complicated question and im glad that i am not on the committee at harvard. [laughter] im Maria Costigan i work for the council on foreign relations. I was wondering if either of you had noticed a difference in awareness to what the other country is doing education wise in the United States. If you look at where they are insecure, its education. If you look at the president of china, he doesnt seem insecure about anything but their sending teachers over to the uk, to the netherlands, to australia to learn and they are not surprisingly, they are not looking at how were teaching, theyre looking at how we get students interested in learning. Theyre bringingsome of that back. So what i do worry about is its not coming the other way. Theres not a lot of resistance to americans, education, learning from other circles. Theyre talking about
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Julian malvo, steve forbes and nobel prizewinning economist joseph stiglitz. Of this is a topic that interests you go to our website at booktv. Org and in the search bar type economics book and you will find a large archive of authors and materials would all of these are available to watch online. Host welcome to nashville and the southern festival of books. He will hear from many offers throughout the weekend including National Book Award Finalist Patricia Bell scott and nancy maclean, talk radio host eric erickson, basilica other liza monday and many others. For complete schedule visit booktv. Org or follow along on social media sites on facebook, twitter and instagram at booktv. We are kicking off todays coverage with biographer jonathan i on the life and politics of mohammed ali. This is live coverage on cspan2. [silence bracket good morning, everyone, thank you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce jon