I am the moderator here. I was one of the judges from Los Angeles Times science and Technology Book price and its wonderful to read so many and have a conversation with these folks here today. We are going to get started in a couple of reminders. Please silence your cell phones, also personal recording is not allowed. All of our lovely authors will be available for signing books through the door. Im going to introduce our panelists and then we will have a conversation and the new guys will have a chance to ask questions. Im going to start here with thomas hager, Award Winning author with a history of science and medicine including the demand under the microscope. It is a courtesy professor of journalism and communication at the university of oregon. Next to him is marsha, her book, time fullness, she is a professor of geology and environmental studies at Lawrence University in appleton, wisconsin. She told me it is still snowing. Her journalism has been published in the news york times