About her new book the great secret the classified world war ii disaster that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. I also want to thank the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight, alas its virtually but i will do my best. It is my first soon presentation so bear with me everyone. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking about now i shouldve had a lot of wind, but anyway here we go. Im going to start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. He once observed, may occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them picked themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel stuart alexander, the remarkable hero of my book, did not hurry off. In fact, he refuse to leave the scene of the military disaster even when churchill himself warned him to. He stayed, he paid attention, he investigated, and as a result he recognized the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors that might have lifesaving
I and delighted to welcome an accomplished author and the administrative director of the Manhattan Project and the author of New York Times bestsellers with the british spy ring and wartime washington and in tuxedo park speaking to her new book the great secret. Thank you for joining us. Also thank you to the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight my first zoom presentation. Bear with me. Now im thinking i should have had wine. Winston churchill had a way with words. Men occasionally stumble across the truth but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing is happened Lieutenant Colonel Francis Alexander the remarkable humor of my book and in fact refused to leave the scene of a military disaster when churchill himself warned him to. And investigated and recognize the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors to have lifesaving implications in the future. And then turns a chemical weapons report into a stepping stone and a tragedy into a medical triumph. To t
Jennet conant who was the granddaughter of administrative tractor the Manhattan Project and one of our nations leading scientists of the 20th century century pages the author of New York Times bestseller the regulars and tuxedo park a wall street tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course of world war ii. She will be speaking tonight about her new book the great secret the classified world war ii disaster that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us jennet. Said thank you. I also want to thank you for inviting me to be with you tonight. Alas its virtually but im going to do my best. My first doom presentation so they are with me everyone. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking right now should have had a lot of wine but anyway here we go. Im going to start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. He once observed manic case only stumble across the truth but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happene
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