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Project that youre work on. This is something you have continued past the life of the book. Could you talk a little bit about what youre doing there and how its succeeded since the book and the movie have come out . So. Yeah so, yeah, the human computer project. Essentially, what i was so surprised to discover doing the research for Hidden Figures is how many women were involved in computing, as i talked about before. Not just at nasa, but at all of these other organizations. And so this is really a way to try and catalog all of the women who were involved in doing this work in the early days ...

May have your attention please. Take your seats. The presentation is about to begin. Before we get started like you to be aware most likely a question and answer period at the end of the presentation. When it is time for theat questions and answers go to one of the two microphones on either side of the stage, line up to ask a question. To begin our presentation, i would like to introduce eric digins, a tv critic for npr. [applause] how are you doing . Thanks so much for joining us here. We really appreciate it. As was said, im eric degins, tv critic for National Public radio. So of course i sh...

[inaudible conversations]tival tv is live coverage of the National Book festival continues. Thomas friedman will be down here later on our site taking your calls. Up that is coming up in an hour or so, two hours. You can go to booktv. Org to get the full schedule. Easier than listening to mr. Friedman, colin when we have that segment. Coming up next, you will hear from author Michael Lewis emma but in the meantime, we are pleased to be joined by one of 362 americans who has actually been in space and that is astronaut Leland Melvin. S calle mr. Melvin, you write that your book is called chasin...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] me i have your attention. Please take your seats. The presentation is about to begin. There will be a question and answer time at the end of the presentation. You can go to one of the two microphones and line up for a question for you to begin i like to, tv critic for npr. [applause]. How you doing . Thanks so much for joining us here. As was said im a tv critic for National Public radio, so i should be talking to an author. Actually, i have written a lot about races and media and interviewed for the smithsonian so we have a bit in common her...

Homecoming game. I was running down the sideline. It was perfectly thrown in myte hands. And i lost the touchdown pass in my hands. In the thing is a scout was there for the university of richmond. He walked out of the stadium my coach jb greene believed in me. This time i caught the ball. That one catch resulted in a hundred 80,000 scholarship to the university of richmond. It was a great in the perseverance. In the second chance. How did you get from plane from the university of richmond spiders to the spacee Shuttle Missions. I think the turning of season to zero and ten i think the turning...