That the arts have been a considerable help that i had from the archives in writing this book. The destructive flash, which seared here she meant to history, was really the culmination of 50 years of scientific creativity and of more than 50 years of political and military turmoil. Generations of scientists had contributed to that moment in physics. Yet when they first began to tease out the secrets of matter, not even future nobel Prize Winners i think couldve predicted how their pioneering insights would combine with exterior of vents to produce such a defining military history. For the time this of many nations this journey of discovery began way back in the 1890s. Researchers like mary carey, which we will see in this for slide here, researchers like mary kerry working alone or in small teams with rudimentary equipment. They started to identify the minute Building Blocks forming the world around them. Blinding discoveries were often matched by blind alleys. People rushed to publish
[inaudible background conversations] tonight i want to welcome all the people abeveryone who may be watching on my extreme and the people watching on cspan booktv. Despite covid regulations in boston, since we are now in lockdown all the time. We are getting together for this wonderful event. Myrna talk about a very important book in our lives more than 50 of it deals with immigration both legal and illegal. I would like everyone to welcome mr. Harlan hill and mr. Ryan girdusky. [applause] [applause] apparently am going to be doing marco rubio imitation all night. Its very hot here in boston. Lets get right to it. Harlan is a political consultant, advisor for the trump reelection campaign, youve seen him on cnn, msnbc, foxbusiness and fox news. Ryan is also a political consultant, war writer for the Washington Examiner, the american conservative a [inaudible] this is their first book and for a first book you get another round of applause. [applause] were getting it just right to the bo
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Of europe on the global marketplace. The most consequential shift of the last hundred years. There is some truth in that since world war ii the military influence of europe has certainly growth has been cod favorably with that of the United States or for example with china or india. And of course efforts to maintain an Economic Union have been more complicated greatly as we all know. But still, i think professor bradford sees things a little differently and in her book the brussels effect of the European Union rules the world w it is here. And also back there. Professor bradford argues that the eu remains critically important superpower. She makes the case very persuasively. It wields unilateral power. It is a phenomenon that has been there. Many examples and shapes policies his every day of the newspapers. What is remarkable is it exerts its influence without coercing anyone to do anything. Its just if you want to so in the European Union, you have to comply. So the book explores this