Founded 1927 in an area called book row located along Fourth Avenue from the 1890s through the 60s that housed 48 bookstores at its height in the 90 years since then all but one has shut down and the strand was passed down to my father who worked here 76 years and just retired recently at the age of 89 and unfortunately is very sick. But hopefully this will always be kept in the family and thanks for being here to support the store. Tonight we are hosting scientist he is the author of two bestsellers and an early pioneer of Virtual Reality creating some of the first commercial reality products in the market in the 80s. His new book expounds on his expectations of Virtual Reality and the untapped potential. Joining him to discuss this potential is one of my favorite columnists who has been a New York Times oped contributor since 1995 where she where she won a pulitzer prize. Please join me to welcome our authors to the strand [applause]. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] i wrote in t
Fourth avenue from the 1890s through the 60s that housed 48 bookstores at its height in the 90 years since then all but one has shut down and the strand was passed down to my father who worked here 76 years and just retired recently at the age of 89 and unfortunately is very sick. But hopefully this will always be kept in the family and thanks for being here to support the store. Tonight we are hosting scientist he is the author of two bestsellers and an early pioneer of Virtual Reality creating some of the first commercial reality products in the market in the 80s. His new book expounds on his expectations of Virtual Reality and the untapped potential. Joining him to discuss this potential is one of my favorite columnists who has been a New York Times oped contributor since 1995 where she where she won a pulitzer prize. Please join me to welcome our authors to the strand [applause]. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] i wrote in the times that you are one of the most unusual people i
A University of Minnesota professor who is a widely recognized researcher and advocate for bees is retiring after more than 30 years. Marla Spivak created the U of M Bee Squad and the Bee Lab, and was awarded a McArthur Genius grant.