Hardtoreachen populations with the goal of ensuring that a safe and effective vaccine is available v for every american o wants one so i want to welcome you for the discussion. I can see and hear you so hopefully the others can as well i want to ask a question about the ongoing surge. Many suspected this to be bad but we are creeping towardsds 200,000 cases per day. Last tuesday we broke the single state record for debt and then the next day we broke it again. Meanwhile ive seen large crowds still going c to the malls and people are all on the street out protesting the closure of bars. There is clearly something going on so how does the cdc and the rest of the American Enterprise go aboutth convincing the public to take this seriously . That is a great question and i dont think that its that people dont take it seriously. I think it is just that people are tired. Just this week i canceled our christmas vacation and i think what folks need to understand is now is the time to really buck
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
Accept the results of election as his legal team fights on. Does the president have a case . We will ask former independent counsels ken starr and harvard law professor laurence tribe. Plus, barack obama settles scores in his new book. We will ask our sunday panel about the former president s thoughts on the rise of donald trump. And our power player of the week, remembering game show legend alex trebek and the fun we had on jeopardy. Do you dumb it down force liberties chris all right now on on fox news sunday. Chris angelo again again from fox news in washington. The coronavirus is coming back with a vengeance with every state in the nation now reporting increases. President elect biden has urged President Trump to do more to confront the crisis, calling the federal response woefully lacking. On friday, mr. Trump broke his recent silence on the pandemic to promote progress on a vaccine, but he still refuses to concede the election or coordinate with the biden team. In a moment we wil
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
What are you reading interviews at book tv. Org using the search bar at the top of the page. That evening, im the director of programming and marketing at the city library and before we get started i should mention if you have questions tonight you can leave those in the comments or in the chat box and we will get to as many as we can. And if youre interested in person purchasing the knowledge machine its available at retailers for your support, independent booksellers and we need you to support the most. If youre a long time follower of ourprogramming either in person or online , you know that we deal heavily in the humanities. Tonight we turn our attention to the sciences, albeit with a heavy dose of time. Our guest is michael strevens, he moved tothe United States in 1991. Professor at New York University he wrote the book the knowledge machine how irrationality created modern science and it is i think critically important at the time when distrust of science is on the rise read the