charles pete conrad, richard gordon, alan bean, the crew of apollo 12 the second manned landing on the face of the moon. their target, the site of surveyor 3. >> ignition sequence start. six, five, four, three, two, one, zero. all engines running. commit, liftoff. >> apollo 12 lifted off in the driving rain. >> pete conrad reports the program is in. tower clear. >> 36 seconds later lightning struck the spacecraft. >> i don't know what happened here. we had everything in the world drop out. >> i'm not sure if you got hit by lightning. >> fuel cell butts, ac bus lights, ac bus overload 1 and 2, main bus a and b out. >> okay. we are all organized again, john. we have had a couple cardiac arrests down here, too, pete. >> i will tell you one thing, it's a first class ride, houston. >> you've got a go orbit. you're looking good. >> in space and on earth they checked out the systems to be sure that the lightning had caused no damage that would endanger the mission. the time for commitment neared. the burn to send apollo 12 to the moon. trans lunar injection, tli. >> apollo 12, houston, the go

charles "pete" conrad, richard gordon, alan bean. the crew of apollo 12, the second manned landing on the face of the moon. their target -- the site of the survey are three. >> ignition sequence start. six, five, four, three, two, one, zero. all engines running, commence lift off! >> a polar 12 lifted off in the driving rain. >> pete comrade reports the program is in. tower clear. >> [inaudible] a role program, and this baby is really going. >> 36 seconds later, lightning struck the spacecraft. >> i don't know what happened here. we had [inaudible] dropped out. hit by lightning. feels those disconnecting. overload one and two [inaudible] . >> okay, we're also eyes to get you. >> we had a couple of cardiac arrests down here too, pete. >> well i'll tell you one thing, it's a first class ride. we've got to go orbit, you are looking good. >> in space and on earth, they checked out the systems to be sure that the lightning had caused no damage that would endanger the mission. the time for commitment neared. the burn two-cent apollo 12 to

also being published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of his book review and essays and books do furnish a life. empower and liberty pulitzer prize-winning gordon would the political debates the creation of the u.s. constitution and his assistant stefan alexander argues good physics require stepping outside conventional thinking in fear of a black universe. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold. watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on book tv. >> joining us on book tv is author philip magness he is the co-author with jason brennan of this book, cracks in the ivory tower. at first about mr. magness when you do for a living? >> i am an economist at the american institute for economic research. >> have you been in academia before? >> i have it. spent about ten years teaching college american university and very college all over the united states but. >> what was your experience like? >> it was an interesting environment to put it mildly. many good positive things came out of it both in terms of coll

also been published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of book reviews and essays and books to furnish a life, and power and liberty pulitzer prize winning historian gordon wood examines the political debate that surround the creation of the u.s. constitution. physicist stefan alexander argues good physics require stepping outside conventional and fear of a black universe. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold. on book tv. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a right good evening everyone. i'm the executive director of the nonprofit program is independent feminist bookstore , were located in decatur, georgia. we've launched the hormone that dominates and divides us just in the united states today. join in conversation

also been published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of book reviews and essays and books to furnish a life, and power and liberty pulitzer prize winning historian gordon wood examines the political debate that surround the creation of the u.s. constitution. physicist stefan alexander argues good physics require stepping outside conventional and fear of a black universe. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold. on book tv. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a right good evening everyone. i'm the executive director of the nonprofit program is independent feminist bookstore , were located in decur

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now steve, richard bit fin tv. see this and this versus prime minister puts him in a great position to judge the tenure of british prime ministers. so where sons johnson 2 years died, but it's later than you think the rentals. thank you for joining again. malik simon show off of the prime minister. so, you know, very good place to tell us how much trouble is johnson low and quite a lot, but the opinion polls suggest he and the conservative policy are still ahead of les, but the main opposition. so that gives him a certain orthography, still as long as a prime minister is ahead in the polls in british politics. they become very authoritative, omnipotent, within a government and a party. if, if labor go ahead in the polls this autumn, i think he's in deep trouble. because the efforts, the essence of johnson's command is his perceived folk winning quality. there isn't a clear idea, logical direction as the was on the factor. and she was many times miles behind in the polls, but there was an ideological mission. he's n

in power and liberty pulitzer prize-winning historian gordon wood examines the political debate that surrounded the creation of the u.s. constitution . and physicist stefan alexander argues that good physics requires dumping outside conventional thinking in fear of a black universe. find these finals this coming week wherever books are sold and watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future onbook tv . >> former xerox ceo ursula burns the first black female ceo of a fortune 500 company reflects on her life and career on our other interview program. here's a portion of that conversation . >> i literally have had access to looking at the best companies out there. in ways that were real and from the time i graduated college, working on real stuff like you solved it, you suspected it, it's interesting. this is a career, this is the career. look what we're dealing with, we're dealing with the need for more sustainable solutions to everything in the world. we build tall buildings as the population gets towards the building billion people, we need more ways to get nutrition, w

also being published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of his book review and essays and books do furnish a life. empower and liberty pulitzer prize-winning gordon would the political debates the creation of the u.s. constitution and his assistant stefan alexander argues good physics require stepping outside conventional thinking in fear of a black universe. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold. watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on book tv.

also being published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of his book review and essays and books do furnish a life. empower and liberty pulitzer prize-winning gordon would the political debates the creation of the u.s. constitution and his assistant stefan alexander

also being published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of his book reviews and essays in "books do furnish a life, in power and liberty" pulitzer surprise winning historian gordon wood examines the political debates that surrounded the creation of the u.s. constitution. and a physicist argues that good physics requires stepping outside conventional thinking in "fear of a black universe". find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold. and watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on book tv. >> good evening. i'm the president of the council of the library foundation of los angeles. it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to this evening, which has been co-produced by the council and the library foundation program. we needed a big hand to share this evening's interv