Like Walter Isakson here. It is a pleasure to have someone of this h magnitude and of his knowledge and wealth ofxp experience to have someone like you here. My notes are blanking out. Walter is University Professor of history at tulane, former ceo of the aspen institute, chairman of cnn and the managing editor of time magazine. He is the author of the innovators. Kissinger, a biography, steve jobs, einstein, his life and universe. Benjamin franklin, an american life. And, of course, walter brings to life Leonardo Da Vinci for us. Without further ado walter, please. [applause] thank you, javier. Thank you all from the miami book fair. Ive been here for every book and its always a great pleasure to be in this city. [applause] one reason its great to be in miami is that like so many other cities of this world, it has now become a mixpl of very creative people with the tolerance for all sorts of people. And that was what made Leonardo Da Vinci so creative. Ive written about a lot of smart
Coming. We at p and p have been working with lizner awe tore yum putting auditorium putting on large author events. Were glad to have such a space schuss facility here in Downtown Washington and what terrific crowd this evening. I have to marvel at the size of this audience and what it says about dan rathers continued popularity. For those of us of a certain generation who grew up watching dan report the news on cbs for 44 years i can appreciate his appeal and the indelible mark that hes left on our consciousness but i see a lot of younger faces out there this evening and you all are a testament to dans amazing ability still to connect with and communicate to people of all ages. Dan himself has expressed surprise at the Significant Impact hes had in recent months especially via social media. His identity had been so tied up with cbs over so many years that when he left the network just over a decade ago amid some controversy he wasnt sure what ed do next but dan has always had a passio
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