Your own mind. Brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. A million mornings, forgotten by the mind of man. Dawn remembers again the magic circle, stonehenge. Magic circle, observatory, temple aligned with the rising of the sun and the turning of the heavens. Stones from afar brought by man to this place where no stones were before more than 3,000 years ago. Apollo 11, 15 july, 1969, cape kennedy, florida. The night before the great day. Were going to the moon together pack your bags and jump into the car going to take a trip to tell you where you are goodbye mother so long mother so long mother goodbye mother so long mother so long mother so long mother goodbye mother goodbye mother earth six Million Pounds of machine. 36 stories tall. Nearly ten years worth of half a Million People. Through the night it was checklisted, doublechecked, electronically monitored, computerized, televised, dehumanized of human error. While the night of celebration was ending,
Next from the 2019 Los Angeles Times festival of books a panel on science history, this is just over an hour. Oi we are going to get started here. Welcome everyone, this is the scientific look at the elements that create our world. Thank you everyone for coming especially at 430 when i know it is no nap time. I was one of the judges on Los Angeles Times science and Technology Book price. Its wonderful to get to read so many books and have a conversation with these folks here today. We will get started and its just a couple of reminders please silence your cell phones in a personal recording of sessions is not allowed. All of our lovely offers will be available for signing books over here in the other room through the doors. I will introduce the panelist and then have a conversation and then you guys can ask questions. I will start here with thomas hager, the awardwinning author on the history of science and medicine including the demons under the microscope, a courtesy professor of jou
I am the moderator here. I was one of the judges from Los Angeles Times science and Technology Book price and its wonderful to read so many and have a conversation with these folks here today. We are going to get started in a couple of reminders. Please silence your cell phones, also personal recording is not allowed. All of our lovely authors will be available for signing books through the door. Im going to introduce our panelists and then we will have a conversation and the new guys will have a chance to ask questions. Im going to start here with thomas hager, Award Winning author with a history of science and medicine including the demand under the microscope. It is a courtesy professor of journalism and communication at the university of oregon. Next to him is marsha, her book, time fullness, she is a professor of geology and environmental studies at Lawrence University in appleton, wisconsin. She told me it is still snowing. Her journalism has been published in the news york times
Effect situation i think it caused that because because of this, the situation at top and with this dangers of the working area, it led to all of these labor laws and safety act that protect us now. So without this, and these women standing up for themselves and improving all those people wrong, we went have the safety act and laws we have today. Thank you all very much. Thank you. We are featuring American History tv programs as a preview of whats available every weekend on cspan3, lectures and history, american artifacts, real america , the civil war, oral histories, the presidency, and a special event coverage about our nations history. Enjoy American History tv now, and every weekend on cspan3. Coming up next, moonwalk one, 1970 featurelength documentary about the july 1959 69 Apollo Mission to the moon. After that Vice President mike pence on marks talks about Neil Armstrongs apollo 11 space suit when it went on display for the first time, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apoll
Begins to develop a social meaning even though we will be looking at addiction in america ive mentioned that one of the things we will focus on is not america but on england and specifically a man named thomas to quincy so today you have an expert and you read a little about him but who can start us off and tell us who was this man. He was an upperclass early 19th century considered himself a classical philosopher and came to use opium for the relief of a toothache in 1804 and, eventually developed it into a recreational enhancement he enjoyed the opera and the dream state from the transit brought on and eventually developed or degenerated into chronic abuse at its height about 12,000 drops a day okay, great. So we have him beginning for medical use and it continues from there but the excerpt youve read about them, what did you think of them did you get impressions. There is a snobbery theres a strong friday had. He seemed pretty well educated. Hes pretty welleducated, any other commen