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On book tvs afterwards, Science Writer Nathalia Holt chronicles the lives of an elite group of people who worked at the jet Propulsion Laboratorys in the 40s and 50s. She talks about her book, rise of the rocket girls with lisa grande of the system is sony and national air and space museum. Host thank you very much Nathalia Holt for being here with me to talk about your research and your new book about the socalled rocket girls of the jet Propulsion Laboratory before thank you for having me. Hos...

Good evening welcome to the National Museum of mathematics and to a very special event. I think we are all delighted that the museum is putting on this event tonight and even more delighted that they are doing it with the support of the Mathematical Association of america which is helping out tonight and in particular they loaned us james hansen tonight whom i will introduce in a moment. My name is john ewing. Im the president of math for america and i am a mathematician [applause] this was not ...

White house intern and then a speech writer. He has a long record of acclaimed books on president ial this has brought him to the helm of five president ial libraries and Centers Across this country and throughout his career. He appears regularly, as many of you know, im sure, on news is cspans inhouse historian. He will be on a president s and patriots history tour. He focuses this year on truman, eisenhower, and churchill. In his his tours and writing, he is able to bring history to life. The ...

The helm of five president ial libraries and Centers Across this country and throughout his career. He appears regularly, as many of you know, im sure, on newshour and is cspans inhouse historian. Next month he will leave his semiannual president s and patriots history tour. He travels through the american heartland and focuses this year on truman, eisenhower, and churchill. Both in his tours and in his writing, he is able to bring history to life. The boston globe praises his scholarship as com...

The history channel, the discovery channel, National Geographic channel, and he is really one of our most popular lecturers. Today we have asked him to speak , on the revolutions in military affairs which will give you a , quick survey of military history from the 13th century up to today. All in one hour, so im sure you will enjoy. Please welcome paul springer. [applause] mr. Springer good morning. I would like to extend a thank you to dale and alan, the New York Historical society and the poli...

Called on americans to recapture our destiny and pledged to cut taxes and increase defense spending. He defeated incumbent president jimmy carter in a landslide winning 44 states. His speech is about 45 minutes. Our coverage is from nbc news. [applause] Ronald Reagan thank you very much. Thank you. [crowd chanting] Ronald Reagan thank you very much. Thank you. You are singing our song. [applause] reagan the first thrill tonight was to find myself for the first time in a long time in a movie on p...

Change and all of that that was happening so fast. So i think our press corps deserves some of that credit. You can catch part two of this interview with Gerald Griffin or explore any of our projects online at cspan. Org history. Apollo 11 snauft Michael Collins and jeff bezo talk about americans in space from its earliyest days. The hour long conversation hosted by the Smithsonian National air and space museum is moderated by billionaire philanthropist david rubenstein. Going, ladies and gentle...

Hosted this 90minute event. Now its a pleasure to introduce my colleague and friend, Paul Springer, who is a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy research institute, but also from his day job at the air command and Staff College in alabama. He also taught at west point. Hes the author of many books and many coming out on cyber war, military robotics, the history of prisoners of war and a load of other topics. Hes been on cnn, npr, history channel, discovery channel, National Geographic channel, a...

With the idea Nuclear Warfare is something completely different. They are using the models based upon the world war ii experiences, not upon this idea that 20 kilitons and 30 kilitons is more bang for your buck. Many supporters say its just another weapon so whats the big deal . What difference does it make if the source of ignition is conventional or fission . What difference does it make . The first one they put together is called pincture. It will target 20 areas with 50 bombs. The air force ...

Minister has taken to unify that country and include the agenda that can inspire the confidence of iraqs diverse population that the central in baghdad is looking out for their best interests. That will have an impact on the effectiveness and resilience of iraqs forces. Iraqs Security Forces backed by military air power and advice and assistance of coalition militaries from around the world has been effective in driving isil out of territory that they previously controlled. They have been driven...