We will get to as many as we can and if youre interested in purchasing the knowledge machine its available in most retailers. If youre a longtime follower of Library Programming either in person or online, you know that we lean heavily on the humanity. But tonight we turn our attention to the sciences with heavy dose of humanities. Our guest dr. Stevens, professor in new york his book the knowledge machine. The book begins with a simple question with a not at all simple answer. Why did it take 2,000 years after invention of philosophy and mathematic for humans to start using science to learn the secrets of the universe, the answer as it turns out might also help us better understand why we should have more faith in the Scientific Community. Dr. Stevens thank you very much for joining us. Thanks very much. Great to be here. I will talk a little bit about this book and what im setting out to do. I wrote the book to answer two Big Questions that i had about science. One of those questions
Anytime they need your support the most would if you are long time follower a Library Programming in person or online, you know we lean heavily on the humanities but tonight we turn our attention to the sciences albion with a heavy dose of the humanities. Our guest is michael strevens, here and his phd at rutgers university. His book the knowledge machine how irrationality created modern science is i think critically important at a time when distrust of science is on the rise. The book begins with a simple question with a not at all simple answer. Why did it take 2000 years after the invention of philosophy and mathematics for humans to start using science to learn the secrets of the universe . The answer as it turns out might also help us better understand why we should have more faith in the Scientific Community. Michael strevens, thank you for joining us. Guest thanks very much, great to be here and talk a little bit about the book. And about what i am sitting out to do. I wrote thi
All the smoke looks like big bank of clouds. The smoke coming down in our direction from the oregon fires and the fires of california and it is just collecting in the upper levels of the atmosphere. And then the low clouds and fog, the marine layer, down at the surface level. A layer cake effect with the smoke layer above and the marin layer below. And we had a rather vigorous onshore flow with weaker winds aloft. Right now, theyre getting a little stronger but not enough to change the setup that ive just explained to you. Fog. Air quality right now, be nearly as red as you might think by looking at the ugly air. We have yellow dots indicating moderate air quality. We have poor air quality in ukiah and vacaville. Looking southward, oakland, San Francisco, fremont, livermore, san jose, we even have good air quality indicated by the green dots over parts of, well, parts of the santa cruz mountains. The marine layer will push locally inland. We might see some drizzle in the overnight hour
Regarding him as both the potential danger to the community and a risk of flight, meaning noncompliance. But the magistrate ordered that he be released today. This criminal complain says he faces charges to commit conspiracy for Health Care Fraud and conspiracies fraud. I interviewed him for my investigation about the test that i saw in use at this drivethrough site in san jose. So this hand been approved by the fda. Thats correct. Reporter he did not tell me or investors according to the criminal explain that the fda informed array it on april 17 that its covid19 test was not at an acceptable performance. We are working closely with the fda and were following fda guidelines for deploying the test. Reporter the explain alleges that it made more than 69 million in false and fraudulent claims for covid19 testing with medicare and private insurance companies, and that he made false claims about the sales to inflate the stock price. He lost 88 . For my investigation, officials in Santa Cla
William hitchcock talks about the age of eisenhower in the 1950s. He sat down with White House Correspondent an compton for the conversation on the life and legacy of the nations 34th president. Our speaker tonight is dr. William hitchcock author of the age of eisenhower, america and the world in the 1950s. Dr. Hitchcock is a professor of history at the university of virginia where he focussed on International Diplomatic history in the 21st century, in particular the era of the world wars and cold war. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and was also a Financial Times best seller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarremar remarks ann compton will join dr. Hitchcock for a conversation on this great biography. Ann was the first woman to cover the white house for Network Television and was on the air for 41 years with abc news, she spanned seven president s of the United States. She anchored from the white house, fr