Topology. The importance of the liberal arts and the engineering. It begins with a lovely suit is father was a great poet lord byron to of lord byron. She loved poetry to but her mother wanted to be a mathematician. She became of greek mathematician. By the end she is able to combine the notion of poetry at the notion of math and she comes up with the idea of a computer program. The first person to understand that these calculating machines that do numbers will also be able to read patterns and to words or music. And so the notion of the modern computer comes in this idea which really begins to connect the art and the technology. Host we think of any act. A great computer. And it was really the first programmable of his own computer. At the same time in ireland there was this law professor doing a computer down and out of nassau doing it in the basement of the civic spilled. The importance of the teamwork, and that is where they are so successful. Host so when this book comes out in th
When it comes to Severe Weather much like you are seeing in texas currently like the flooding in houston you have been seeing on television what do you think are the causes of the Severe Weather events . Are they naturally occurring or perhaps due to manmade causes . Does Climate Change push these along . Heres how you can let us know what you think. 2027488000 if you believe Natural Causes are the cause of Severe Weather events. 2027488001 if you think manmade causes have something to do with it. If you want to weigh in on twitter, cspanwj. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. And journal cspan. Org is how you reach out to us on email. If you want to phone 2027488000 if you believe it is Natural Causes. 2027488001 if you think manmade causes have something to do with it. The president making a visit to florida yesterday at the National Hurricane center in miami. He not only talked about the upcoming Hurricane Season, the ability of the government to track these events as they occur, he o
Booktv is on facebook. Like us to interact with booktv guest and viewers. Facebook booktv. It is booktv at book expo america. Publishings annual trade show. More from the set at the convention center. You have a new book coming out. What it is about . It is about the innovators. The word is becoming devoid of meaning because it is overused. I wanted to look at how real people invented the computer and internet and how innovation happened in the digital age. It was something from steve jobs and before that bill gates to say who made that type of person and how did they end up being successful. So it isnt about Singular People but collaboration. One of the things i discovered in doing the book is real innovation comes from great teams and not just great leaders what surprised you . The importance of connecting the arts to technology. The importance of what steve jobs always talked about, the liberal arts and engineering int int int int int intersecting. It started with person who loved p
In the United States are considered a minor until you turn 18, but being that status is a very different kind of thing in places like el salvador and other places than the United States. But we know that a lot of gang members in the world, using these not only to get to their family members and they are using these hubs where 47 of the minors are young men and they are using them to recruit more people for their games because of the perfect breeding ground and their parents arent around and they can offer a sense of community and livelihood. We are talking about very violent people showing that they engage in murder and torture before entering the United States. In terms of the Border Control not being able to set them out, between minors and juveniles, you lose your job as you process these people through and then they turn them over to i. C. E. And then i. C. E. Do something with them. Whether they deliver them to their parent or not, that happens. All i know is that they are being s
Thank you for joining us. Great crowd. Hello, everybody. Its an honor to be here with you. I heard there was a new book coming out. Kind of neat to read i think im actually selling more kindle copies than hard cover. I was going to ask you to autograph this. There you go. It was got some questions lined up. I do remember it was in this very room not long ago we talk about intel for the documentary. For cbs. And as we were talking and watching, you point out there was arthur rock standing right next to gordon moore, having a conversation, and i. Taking a shaking, horrible iphone photo of that historic moment. That had to be an inspiration to see them together. Yes, and perhaps the last time. A sense that history was turning that night. I should say, you and i could literally swap seats here. I had the interview show on pbs and you cover Silicon Valley every day and knows what is going on. Maybe halfway threw well switch rauls. Host i do cover and it we have had this discussion before an