[ applause ] dont get carried away. Shell get, you know. Now, obviously, i could do this privately and i have, but id like to say a public thank you to terry for her support, which has not only been tangible in support of the series but also personal in her encouragement and advice over the course of many years, including many good topic suggestions and if you are here, you know she was responsible for the beach boys, but others we have enjoyed over the years. Thanks to her suggestion. So, terry, would you please stand up . [ applause ] now, tonights speaker claire l. Evans has achieved notable success both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conception al pop group yacht and has in fact recently turned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. In that regard, she is the former futures editor of mother board and a contributor to vic
M. I. T. And harvard university. Her first book was cured, the people who defeated hiv. Shes written for publications including the new york times, los angeles times, the atlantic, slate, Popular Science an time magazine. In 2016, she published the work thats the basis of her talk tonight titled the rise of the rocket girls, the women who propelled us from missiles to the moon to mars. That work was a best seller and was widely praised by critics including one who described it as immersive, evocative and superbly readable, holts poignant narrative should be required readingment another called it a marvelous book, adding when Neil Armstrong made his giant leap for mankind, there was womenkind in the control room. Its a pleasure indeed to welcome to fredricksburg to the university of Mary Washington and to great lives, nathalia holt. [ applause ] thank you so much. I really appreciate you having me here tonight, and im excited to talk with you about the rocket girls. This is a group of p