That afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Did i have the attention. Good afternoon. I like to welcome the launch of the session of the virginia session of the book on behalf of humanities. Our session is called mysteries of the cosmos could we have writers who publish recent books and most of you know the really exciting news in astronomy and physics. Can you hear me now . I think im about as close as i can get without swallowing it. Can you hear me now . I wont bother to start from the top again. You know what session we are in. We have two exciting Science Writers for you. Before we get started a couple of questions. I am a novelist and a recovering science journalists and i will be your host for the session today. Before we get started i would like to thank the city of charlottesville for sponsoring the fast close quote and provided the venue for todays session. This is being recorded for broadcast on charlottesville tv time. It will be on tv 10 on the website within the next few da
Good evening about him to einsteins war at the lynn howe library and the National World war i museum good evening and welcome to instant. Were a program in partnership with linda howell, the library of national War One Museum and memorial. Two cultural institutions located right ear in kansas city, missouri. And we are delighted to be able to stand at that intersection of science and history and bring in great conversations like this one. Now it is my pleasure and my honor to introduce the president of Linda Hall Library, lisa barry. Thank you, laura. We also are pleased to present tonights program in association with the National World war i museum and memorial. For the past several years, our two institutions and worked together to present programs on a wide range of topics, illustrating the role played by science in the first world war. Tonights event, ice tyrants war, how triumph amid the vicious nationalism of world war i, discusses the effects of that war on the Global Scientific