That is the basic of her talk tonight, entitled rise of the rocket girls the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to mars. That work was a bestseller and was widely praised by critics, including one who described it as immersive, evocative, and superbly written. Readable. Her narrative should be required reading. Another called it a marvelous that when Neil Armstrong made his giant leap for mankind, there was womankind in the control room. It is a pleasure to welcome to the university of Mary Washington nathalia holt. [applause] nathalia thank you so much. I really appreciate you having me here tonight and i am excited to talk to you about rocket girls. This is a group of pioneers whose careers shaped nasa and really made it what it is today. Before i get into their history, i want to share with you a small slice of my own history, because i came to this book in a very unusual way. I started in 2010. My husband and i had just moved from california to boston and i was pregn
This area. Firefighters hope it does not reignite sometime thank you, list sa. A pair of earthquakes rattled the area. They pinpointed the epicenter. The water you see in the background is north of livermore. The first earthquake measured 4. 3. The second one was 3. 5. You can see the big spike that first quake made on our abc 7 si graph when it struck at 1 00 p. M. Today. It was 12 to 13 kim lol tlom. Thats common. Bart briefly slowed trains after the quake stalling passengers about ten minutes. No reports of damage. These children at the school of imagination evacuated following what they had been taught in emergency drills. The school says they quote enjoyed a nice walk on this beautiful sunny day. Abc 7 News Reporter lessee brinkley joins us live from danville with more reaction, leslie . Reporter i talked to a lot of folks down here in the area, nearly everyone has a story to tell. Most people did feel the shaking. For instance in the theater behind me, imagine a darkened theater
Cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Cal newport is an computer professor of science at georgetown university, and he is the author of this book, digital minimalism. Professor newport, what do you mean by digital minimalism . Newport it is a way to screen what tech you use, what tech you dont use, and why you use it. Host the second half of your book is about digital the clutter, which is . Prof. Newport i use the clutter instead of detox. It seems to be the word right now. We need a digital break. Back to thening behaviors that made us take a break. Clutter is different. Clutter is, lets permanently clean up our act and get to a more sustainable state of affairs. Host in the introduction to your book there is a footnote that says, to some, the fact that i cannot draw from personal experience is a liability, how can you criticize social media if you have never used it . What is your activity in social media . Prof
The sea breeze kept our temperatures cooler yesterday. Yesterday was the coolest day well see so far this week. Today a little bit warmer, but thats going to set us up for even hotter temperatures ahead. We have the High Pressure thats going to start to dry us out today and i did bring down the temperatures just a little bit compared to where it had been yesterday morning because the models right now were trending a little too warm. I brought them down into the upper 70s, concord 82, so as far as the main temperature difference, i would say two to three degrees. Not a huge rise in temperatures but again, by tomorrow and into tuesday, were tracking again that High Pressure, where well be seeing 80s and 90s again. Ill have a look at that of course coming up in 15 minutes. 65 in San Francisco. Right now. So much cooler than it was a week ago. I know. Vianey, thank you. We look forward to that forecast. They paid for their gas, drove off and their cars stopped dead. Several drivers in the
Several professional organizations such as the International Astronomical union. The author of several books, a Popular Science writer and public speaker and, frequent University Professor and lecturer originally from detroit. Brother guy is an alumnus of, mit and the university of arizona who interrupted his studies serve two years in the peace corps. Volunteer teaching physics and astronomy in kenya. So he too has a beer spirit of adventure and exploration. Brother guy is the worthy recipient, numerous honors, not least of which was being named by pope francis eight years ago to be director of the vatican, headquartered at castelli gandolfo in italy and president. The Vatican Observatory Foundation based in phenix, arizona. His honors include the carl sagan medal for Outstanding Communications by a planetary scientist to the general. Well see about that today. And hes been nominated for a very rare honor to have an asteroid named after him. Brother guy, welcome. The historic Central